Half of a hexagonal tile with floral scrolls
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1450 - c. 1499
Half of a hexagonal tile of quartz fritware with a reddish-grey body, decorated under green glaze with a broad border and floral scrolls in black. From the Mosque of Yechel. From Broussa. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-11791; its record gives material recorded as glaze, earthenware, quartz; technique vitrification, paint, fired, formed; measurements height 1.6 cm x depth 7.4 cm x width 13.5 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
- glaze, earthenware, quartz
- Technique
- vitrification, paint, fired, formed
- Measurements
- height 1.6 cm x depth 7.4 cm x width 13.5 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 1.6 cm x depth 7.4 cm x width 13.5 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Helft van een zeskantige tegel met bloemranken
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-NM-11791
- Museum classification
- tile
Catalogue references
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Research required
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