Ceramic roof figure: decorative element of ridge terminal

Chinese Collection

Accession Nr.: 833
Type: ceramics; architectural fragment
Date of production:
18th–19th centuries
Qing dynasty
Place of production:
Acquisition: bequest of Zoltán Felvinczi Takács
Materials: earthenware
Techniques: glazed
Dimensions: height: 9 cm
width: 7.4 cm
This unit with a crested pattern is an upper decorative element of the glazed dragon or fish figures at the roof ridge ends. It is a hard-fired earthenware coated with green glaze.