Tile, c. 1500 - c. 1525
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1500 - c. 1525
Square tile. Depiction of a man's head in profile to the left, with long hair and a long beard. The depiction was hollowed out in the clay layer and then filled with glaze.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-12104-A; its record gives material recorded as earthenware; measurements height 5.5 cm x width 5.5 cm x thickness 1.5 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
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- earthenware
- Measurements
- height 5.5 cm x width 5.5 cm x thickness 1.5 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 5.5 cm x width 5.5 cm x thickness 1.5 cm
Identification
- Original title
- tegel
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-NM-12104-A
- Museum classification
- architectural element · 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
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, attribution, dimensions, marks and catalogue references against ceramics and tile references.