Tile Item Number: 3160/39 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Ceramic tile, square. On a white background, tile has an image in blue of a Poseidon, with a male head and torso and the curled tail of a fish. He faces forward, tail raised high behind, carrying a branch in one hand. Figure moves across calm water, creating ripples around himself. Three corners of the tile are decorated with an ox-head motif. Top surface of tile is glazed and shiny with shallow cracks; sides and bottom are undecorated.