Tile with leaping dog
Also known as: Tegel met springende hond
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1640 - c. 1660
Tile with a blue-painted leaping dog and an ox-head in the corners. Three sides decorated with a zigzag motif between dots. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-1955-294; its record gives material recorded as earthenware, tin glaze; technique maiolica; measurements height 18 cm x width 18 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 18 cm x width 18 cm x thickness 1.5 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 18 cm x width 18 cm x thickness 1.5 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Tegel met springende hond
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-1955-294
- 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
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