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  2. Roof-end Tile with Human Face Motif - Wikipedia

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    The roof tile was featured in a June 1934 research publication written by an Ōsaka Kintarō (大坂金太郞, 1877–1974), [3] [1] the director of the Gyeongju branch of the Government-General of Chōsen Museum (now the Gyeongju National Museum). Tanaka then took the tile to Japan some time around 1935 to 1940.

  3. Chinese glazed roof tile - Wikipedia

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    There are two main types of Chinese glazed tiles: glazed tubular tile and glazed plate tile. Glazed tubular tiles (see monk and nun) are moulded into tube shape on a wooden mould, then cut into halves along their length, producing two tubular tiles, each semicircular in section. A tube-shaped clay mould can be cut into four equal parts, with a ...

  4. Roof tiles - Wikipedia

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    These early roof tiles were flat tiles and rounded or bent tiles, a form that was widespread across the Ganga Valley and the Indian Peninsula, suggesting that it was an essential architectural element of this period. [31] This early form of roof tiles also influenced roof tiles of neighboring Nepal and Sri lanka. [31]

  5. Monk and Nun - Wikipedia

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    New roof section, San Agustin, Gran Canaria Mission tile in Spain Monk and Nun, also known as pan and cover, mission tiling, Spanish tile, gutter tile, [1] or barrel tile, is a style of arranging roof tiles, using semi-cylindrical tiles similar to imbrex and tegula, but instead of alternating rows of flat tiles (tegulae) and arched tiles (imbrices), both rows consist of the arched tile.

  6. Terracotta - Wikipedia

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    In art, pottery, applied art, craft, construction and architecture, "terracotta" is a term often used for red-coloured earthenware sculptures or functional articles such as flower pots, water and waste water pipes, tableware, roofing tiles and surface embellishment on buildings. In such applications, the material is also called terracotta. [7]

  7. Shibi (roof tile) - Wikipedia

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    Shibi (鴟尾, shibi) is a Chinese and Japanese ornamental tile set on both ends of the ridgepole that tops a shingled roof. The kanji for the word mean "kite" and "tail" respectively. Because it resembles a shoe, it is sometimes also called a kutsugata ( 沓形 ) , meaning "shoe shape".

  8. See Inside the Converted Schoolhouse That Made Leanne Ford Famous

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    AFTER: The Kitchen “Within a week, we’d taken a sledgehammer to the kitchen,” Leanne remembers. “The place was ugly, and it wasn’t our style at all.”

  9. Eaves - Wikipedia

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    Eaves must be designed for local wind speeds as the overhang can significantly increase the wind loading on the roof. [ 7 ] The line on the ground under the outer edge of the eaves is the eavesdrip , or dripline, and in typical building planning regulations defines the extent of the building and cannot oversail the property boundary.