TERRA-COTTA ROOFING-TrLES. 



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CHINA. 



Cliina exceeds iill other countries in the worki iuthe skill 

 shown in the use of the rooHng-tile. Moreover, China, 

 with Korea and Japan, has treated the tile in an artistic 



way as no other 

 countries have done, 

 except ancient 

 (ireece and Home. 

 The normal tile is 

 Fig. 9. universally seen as 



a roof-covering from Pekin through Cochin China and 

 Anam to the Mala}' peninsula. 



The tiles are utilized in a variety of ways as a decorative 

 feature for the roof. Massive ridges are made of them ; 

 even gateways of com- 

 mon country houses 

 will have a heavy 

 ridge of tiles. Around 

 Shanghai, these ridges 

 are formed by broad, 

 fiat tiles placed on 

 end and packed close 

 together like books on 

 a shelf. At the ends of 

 the ridge they are 

 held up by what ap- 

 pears to bean upturn- 

 ed sheet of metal. In 

 the native city of 

 Shanghai, a small, 

 square, slightly- 

 curved tile is used the 



same answering for ^^^ j^ 



teguhi and imbrex. The eaves tile has a flange below ; in 

 some cases the under course of eaves tile is simple (fig. 9) 



