Tile with a warrior with a bow and arrow and a sword
Also known as: Tile with a warrior with a a bow and arrow and a sword
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1638 - c. 1645
Porcelain tile, painted in underglaze blue. On the tile, a warrior with a sword and a bow and arrow. In each corner, a European fleur-de-lis motif. Transitional porcelain in blue-and-white.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as AK-RBK-1976-58-B; its record gives material recorded as glaze, cobalt (mineral), porcelain; technique vitrification, paint, fired, formed; measurements length 12.8 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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- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- glaze, cobalt (mineral), porcelain
- Technique
- vitrification, paint, fired, formed
- Measurements
- length 12.8 cm
- Dimensions museum
- length 12.8 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Tegel met een krijger met een pijl en boog en een zwaard
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- AK-RBK-1976-58-B
- 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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