. Bulletin of the Essex Institute. Essex Institute; Natural history; genealogy. a roof-covering CHINA. China exceeds all other countries in the world in the skill shown in the use of the roofing-tile. Moreover, China, with Korea and Japan, has treated the tile in an artistic way as no other countries have done, except ancient Greece and Rome. The normal tile is universally seen as from Pekin through Cochin China and Anam to the Malay 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 h
. Bulletin of the Essex Institute. Essex Institute; Natural history; genealogy. a roof-covering CHINA. China exceeds all other countries in the world in the skill shown in the use of the roofing-tile. Moreover, China, with Korea and Japan, has treated the tile in an artistic way as no other countries have done, except ancient Greece and Rome. The normal tile is universally seen as from Pekin through Cochin China and Anam to the Malay 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, flat 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 be an upturn- ed sheet of metal. In the native city of Shanghai, a small, square, slightly- curved tile is used the same answering for FiG 1Q tegula and imbrex. The eaves tile has a flange below ; in some cases the under course of eaves tile is simple (fig. 9). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Essex Institute. 1n. Salem, Mass. , Essex Institute
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