Tile with blue-painted decoration of a vase on a downward-hanging cloth within a trefoil, surrounded by a cartouche with curling acanthus leaves and flowers
Also known as: Tegel met in blauw geschilderde decoratie van een vaas op een naar beneden hangend kleed binnen een driepas, omgeven door een cartouche met omkrullende acanthusbladeren en bloemen
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1689 - 1694
Tile with a blue depiction of a vase on a small downward-hanging cloth, within a trefoil. This trefoil is surrounded by a cartouche with large curling acanthus leaves and flowers. The cartouche is filled with diaper pattern ornament. On either side of the trefoil, a bird sits on the cartouche. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-1955-73; its record gives material recorded as earthenware, tin glaze; technique maiolica; measurements height 61.5 cm x width 31.2 cm x depth 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.
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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- earthenware, tin glaze
- Technique
- maiolica
- Measurements
- height 61.5 cm x width 31.2 cm x depth 5 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 61.5 cm x width 31.2 cm x depth 5 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Tegel met in blauw geschilderde decoratie van een vaas op een naar beneden hangend kleed binnen een driepas, omgeven door een cartouche met omkrullende acanthusbladeren en bloemen
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-1955-73
- Museum classification
- tile
Catalogue references
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