Tile with foliate patterns
Also known as: Tegel met bladpatronen
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1560 - c. 1600
Tile with polychrome (blue and orange) painted foliate patterns in reserve technique, in the shape of four equilateral triangles whose vertices meet in the centre. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-1955-127; its record gives material recorded as earthenware, tin glaze; technique maiolica; measurements height 13.4 cm x width 13.4 cm x thickness 1.5 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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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- earthenware, tin glaze
- Technique
- maiolica
- Measurements
- height 13.4 cm x width 13.4 cm x thickness 1.5 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 13.4 cm x width 13.4 cm x thickness 1.5 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Tegel met bladpatronen
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-1955-127
- 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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