Tile
1590-1630 (made)
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Tile of elongated hexagonal form, tin-glazed red earthenware, painted in blue, green, yellow and manganese-purple with an arabesque design with grotesque figures, with a medallion in the centre.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | tin-glazed earthenware |
| Brief description | Floor tile of tin-glazed red earthenware, painted in colours with a grotesque design, Italy, probably Siena, 1590-1630 |
| Physical description | Tile of elongated hexagonal form, tin-glazed red earthenware, painted in blue, green, yellow and manganese-purple with an arabesque design with grotesque figures, with a medallion in the centre. |
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| Credit line | Bought |
| Object history | Bought from Mrs. E. Edkins, Bristol Probably originally from a palace owned by the Bandini family in Siena. |
| Bibliographic reference | Cf. Dora Thornton and Timothy Wilson, Italian Renaissance Ceramics: A catalogue of the British Museum Collection, Vol II, London, 2009, pp. 612-614, cat. 380, for eight similar floor tiles, probably from the same pavement. One square tile with the arm of the Bandini family. With references to further similar tiles. |
| Other number | 955 - Rackham (1977) |
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| Accession number | 969-1892 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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