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Fragment of a Circular, Eaves-End Roof Tile with Decoration of a Chinese Character (now too fragmentary to be read)

Fragment of a Circular, Eaves-End Roof Tile with Decoration of a Chinese Character (now too fragmentary to be read)

Chinese

Light gray earthenware with mold-impressed decoration. Reportedly recovered at Lelang (also spelled Lo-lang; Korean, Naknang), near T'o-sông-ni, southwest of P'yôngyang, Korea.

Han dynasty, Eastern Han period, 25-220 CE

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