Search       Advanced Search | Help Browse | Tours   Register | Login ------------------ Taoshou (tile cap for corner beam) Moulded earthenware with glaze Centimetres: 23.6 (length), 18.7 (height), 18.9 (width) 1736 - 1795 AD Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period Area of Origin: Beijing, China Area of Use: Beijing; Hebei; China; Asia Gallery of Chinese Architecture The George Crofts Collection 922.10.1 ROM2005_6151_3   Description: This tile comes from the Old Summer Palace near Beijing, which was destroyed in 1860. (Its identical counterpart can be seen at the corner of the Qing Palace in this gallery.) The tile bears two stamps: Zheng huang se (Authorized yellow), and Tianzi guan (Pavilion with a plan in the shape of the character tian.

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