Curved roof-end tile with design of Buddhist heavenly being

천인상암막새, 天人像平瓦當

Korean

Unified Silla period

8th–9th century A.D.

Object Place: Korea

Medium/Technique Earthenware with impressed decoration

Dimensions Length: 17.8 cm (7.0 in.), Width: 6.8 cm (2 11/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Robert T. Paine, Jr.

Accession Number32.84

CollectionsAsia

ProvenanceBy 1932, Robert Treat Paine Jr. (b. 1866 - d. 1951), Cambridge; 1932, gift of Paine to the MFA (Accession Date: April 7, 1932).