soben　素弁

KEY WORD :　architecture / roofing tiles

Plain, unembellished flower petals used especially to decorate the pendants *gatou 瓦当, of semi-cylindrical, eave-end roof tiles *nokimarugawara 軒丸瓦, fired during the 7c - 8c. They became progressively rare during the 9c - 10c and rarer still during the latter Heian period. Soban then disappeared.

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*soben rengemon 素弁蓮華文, *juuyousoben rengemon 十葉素弁蓮華文, *fukuben 複弁, *juuben 重弁

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