Square, polychrome tile depicting Japanese man looking upwards and younger son holding small fan; four red and blue florets in corners. Probably English.
tile
earthenware
ceramic tile
earthenware
firing (technique)
ceramic glaze
tin glaze
Earthenware
Tile
Tin Glazed
Tile, Fireplace
Used At 28 Walnut Street,
Unknown
5 x 5 x 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of William Sumner Appleton
1918.1298
Massachusetts (United States)
Brookline (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
Title Tile Accession Number 1918.1307
Title Tile Accession Number 1918.1304
Title Tile Accession Number 1918.1311
Title Tile Accession Number 1918.1300
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