Cuenca tile with medallion containing rosette; four adjoining corner compartments.
Also known as: Cuenca-tegel met medaillon waarin rozet; vier aaneensluitende hoekvelden.
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1500 - 1600
Cuenca tile, painted in white (ground), light blue, ochre yellow and dark green. An ochre-yellow band forms a pattern with a small medallion in the centre and four adjoining corner compartments. A rosette inside the medallion. Foliate and floral motifs in the corner compartments. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-1964-27; its record gives material recorded as earthenware, tin glaze; technique cuenca; measurements height 14 cm x width 14 cm x thickness 1.8 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.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- earthenware, tin glaze
- Technique
- cuenca
- Measurements
- height 14 cm x width 14 cm x thickness 1.8 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 14 cm x width 14 cm x thickness 1.8 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Cuenca-tegel met medaillon waarin rozet; vier aaneensluitende hoekvelden.
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-1964-27
- Museum classification
- tile
Catalogue references
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