fukuben　複弁

KEY WORD :　architecture / roofing tiles

A motif which consists of a double stylized lotus petal with a leaf seedling in each petal. Found on the pendant *gatou 瓦当, of semi-cylindrical, eave-end tiles *nokimarugawara 軒丸瓦. Especially popular from the 7c-11c.

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*renben 蓮弁, *fukuben rengemon 複弁蓮華文

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