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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Tile

ca. 1300-1400 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fragment of tile mosaic (alicatado), made in Alhambra, Granada, Spain, about 1300-1400, tin-glazed earthenware


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Fragment of tile mosaic (alicatado), made in Alhambra, Granada, Spain, about 1300-1400, tin-glazed earthenware
Physical description
Fragment of tile mosaic (alicatado), made in Alhambra, Granada, Spain, about 1300-1400, tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
  • Length: 9.5cm
  • Width: 9cm
  • Thickness depth: 4.7cm
Gallery label
Fragment of tile mosaic (alicatado) Made in Alhambra, Granada, Spain about 1300-1400 Tin-glazed earthenware C.130-1938 Given in memory of the late Mr A.R. Verschoyle This fragment comes from the Alhambra Palace(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Given in memory of Mr A. R. Verschoyle
Object history
This fragment comes from the Alhambra Palace.
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
604 - Spanish pottery, Ray (2000)
Collection
Accession number
C.130-1938

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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