Tile with floral scrolls
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1550 - c. 1599
Tile of quartz-fritware with lead decorated with floral scrolls in blue, turquoise, red, and black under a transparent lead-alkali tin glaze. Iznik. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-11789; its record gives material recorded as glaze, earthenware, quartz; technique turning, vitrification, paint, fired; measurements thickness 2 cm x length 30.1 cm x width 13.4 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
- glaze, earthenware, quartz
- Technique
- turning, vitrification, paint, fired
- Measurements
- thickness 2 cm x length 30.1 cm x width 13.4 cm
- Dimensions museum
- thickness 2 cm x length 30.1 cm x width 13.4 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Tegel met bloemranken
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-NM-11789
- Museum classification
- tile
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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