Tile with a prunus on a rock and two birds
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1700 - c. 1724
Porcelain tile, painted in underglaze blue. In a medallion, a blossoming prunus on a rock with plants and two flying birds; in each corner, one of the treasures (lozenge). A chip on the corner. Blue-and-white. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as AK-NM-9967; its record gives material recorded as glaze, cobalt (mineral), porcelain; technique vitrification, paint, fired, formed; measurements height 2 cm x length 13.2 cm x width 13.2 cm. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- glaze, cobalt (mineral), porcelain
- Technique
- vitrification, paint, fired, formed
- Measurements
- height 2 cm x length 13.2 cm x width 13.2 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 2 cm x length 13.2 cm x width 13.2 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Tegel met een prunus op een rots en twee vogels
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- AK-NM-9967
- Museum classification
- tile
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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