Han Dynasty Style Pottery Roof Eave Tile Fragment serpent revering nature spirits and ancestral

revering nature spirits and ancestral ghosts (mogat)

Form Antiq

and clan affiliation

often animated with courtly scenes

invoked to hear disputes

Han Dynasty Style Pottery Roof Eave Tile Fragment serpent revering nature spirits and ancestralWestern Han Dynasty, c. 206 BC 220 AD, China A fascinating circular pottery roof tile fragment, finely molded with a traditional dragon motif an enduring emblem of strength and auspicious power in ancient China. Possibly dating to the Han period, this tile exemplifies the artistic and architectural sophistication achieved during one of Chinas most celebrated dynasties. Han tiles (wadang) enjoyed a high reputation in antiquity, their use reaching a