Tile with peacock
Also known as: Tegel met pauw
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1640 - c. 1660
Tile with a blue-painted peacock on ground and an ox-head in the corners. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-1955-297; its record gives material recorded as earthenware, tin glaze; technique maiolica; measurements height 12.7 cm x width 12.7 cm x thickness 0.8 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
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- earthenware, tin glaze
- Technique
- maiolica
- Measurements
- height 12.7 cm x width 12.7 cm x thickness 0.8 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 12.7 cm x width 12.7 cm x thickness 0.8 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Tegel met pauw
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-1955-297
- Museum classification
- tile · vogeltegel
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.