Round eaves-end tile (Excavated presumably from Tōdai-ji temple, Nara)

Baked clay
D 19.3
Nara period　8th century

Round eaves-end tile (Excavated presumably from Tōdai-ji temple, Nara)
  • D009313
Round eaves-end tile (Excavated presumably from Tōdai-ji temple, Nara)_0
  • D009313
  • 1995/07/17
Round eaves-end tile (Excavated presumably from Tōdai-ji temple, Nara)_1
  • D001048
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Round eaves-end tile (Excavated presumably from Tōdai-ji temple, Nara)_2
  • A024626
  • 1995/07/17
Round eaves-end tile (Excavated presumably from Tōdai-ji temple, Nara)_3
  • A025526
  • 1980

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A disc motif borders the lotus flower with double-lobed petals on the round eaves tile. Both round and flat eaves tiles reflect new design approaches developed throughout the course of the largescale construction efforts underway at Tōdaiji Temple.
 
NAKAGAWA AyaEnglish by Mary Lewine 
Buddhist Art Paradise: Jewels of the Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 2021.7, p.350, no.30. 

Accession Number 801-2
Category Archaeological Works
Provenance Excavated presumably from Tōdai-ji temple, Nara
Bibliography Buddhist Art Paradise: Jewels of the Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 2021.7, 354p. Masterpieces from the Collection of the Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 1997, 350p. (Japanese) Illustrated catalogue of the collection of Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 1993, 156p.

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