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A photograph from a rooftop. An entrance to the roof is seen in the foreground adjacent to a wall covered in graffiti. Beyond the architecture of the roof, a flock of pigeons flies in an open sky.
Danny Lyon (American (North American))
Roof Top, Cypress Avenue
1992
Gift of Thomas Wilson '79 and Jill Garling '80
2013/2.355
A photograph of a view from a rooftop. A man stands on the left side of the composition, watching pigeons fly above the scene. In the distance, more pigeons flock above the skyline.
Danny Lyon (American (North American))
Pigeon Coop
1992
Gift of Thomas Wilson '79 and Jill Garling '80
2013/2.351
It is a fragment of roof-end tile with apsara design in relief.<br /> <br /> This fragment of a red-brown, high-fired concave eave-end roof tile features a <em>bicheon</em> or <em>apsaras</em>&nbsp;(a celestial being of the clouds and waters in Hindu and Buddhist mythology) design. It is made from fine clay, resulting in a smooth surface and robust appearance. The left part of the tile is no longer present; only the heavenly cloth and cloud design remain. The narrow upper and lower rims of this tile are bordered with rows of dots, while the left and right edges have no rim. Clear traces of trimming and smoothing with water are visible on the edges and back of the tile.<br /> [Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2017) p.36]
Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Ceramic roof tile with fragment of apsara, cloud designs
676 – 935
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Peter Greiner
1979/2.3
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