Making pottery from the Song Dynasty

Making pottery from the Song Dynasty

This is a pottery tile from Shitatou, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China, made around the Song Dynasty. Wadang refers to the front end of the cylindrical tile covering the eaves of ancient Chinese architecture; The entire tile at the front end of the eaves can also be called a tile, with a patterned hanging circular stopper on the tile surface. This tile is now located in the Komata Museum at the University of Tokyo in Japan.