Tile with turtle
Also known as: Tegel met schildpad
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1580 - c. 1625
Tile with a polychrome (blue, orange, green, yellow, and purple) painted turtle framed by a circle with leaves in reserve technique in the corners. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-1955-158-A; its record gives material recorded as earthenware, tin glaze; technique maiolica; measurements height 13.5 cm x width 13.5 cm x thickness 0 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
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- earthenware, tin glaze
- Technique
- maiolica
- Measurements
- height 13.5 cm x width 13.5 cm x thickness 0 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 13.5 cm x width 13.5 cm x thickness 0 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Tegel met schildpad
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-1955-158-A
- Museum classification
- tile · diertegel
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
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, attribution, dimensions, marks and catalogue references against ceramics and tile references.