Tile

Description

Tile of earthenware with slip and pigment, an anthropomorphized rat, from a set of twelve portraying the twelve calendrical animals: China, Six Dynasties, 220 - 589 AD

Museum reference

A.1955.228

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Tile

Production information

China, East Asia

Date

220 - 589

Style / Culture

Period of Disunion (San Guo, Wei, Jin, Nan-Bei Chao), Chinese

Materials

Earthenware

Physical description

Dark grey earthenware, white slip, bearing traces of unfired red, blue, yellow and black pigments

Exhibitions

• Exploring East Asia (08 Feb 2019)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Looking East: The Lady Ivy Wu Gallery (29 Jul 2011 - 08 Jun 2014)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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world cultures, exploring east asia