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15th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

One of six tiles, "Azulejos", tin-glazed red earthenware, impressed, Hispano-Moresque, the design consists of interlacing geometrical bands in white, the interspaces being painted in manganese-purple, blue, green and yellow. Spanish (Seville), 15th century.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
One of six tiles, "Azulejos", tin-glazed red earthenware, impressed, Hispano-Moresque, the design consists of interlacing geometrical bands in white, the interspaces being painted in manganese-purple, blue, green and yellow. Spanish (Seville), 15th century.
Physical description
One of six tiles, "Azulejos", tin-glazed red earthenware, impressed, Hispano-Moresque, the design consists of interlacing geometrical bands in white, the interspaces being painted in manganese-purple, blue, green and yellow. Spanish (Seville), 15th century.
Dimensions
  • Per tile height: 10cm
  • Per tile width: 10cm
  • Per tile depth: 1.8cm
Gallery label
Tile panel (4 tiles) Made in Seville, Spain 15th century Tin-glazed earthenware 488-1902(16/07/2008)
Object history
Purchase price note: 488 to c-1902 bought for £4.
Bibliographic reference
Ray, Anthony. Spanish Pottery 1248-1898 : with a catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum London, V&A Publications, 2000
Other number
710 - Spanish pottery, Ray (2000)
Collection
Accession number
488:1-1902

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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