Tile

MOA: University of British Columbia

3160/30

Ceramic tile, square. On a white background, tile has an image in blue of a man carrying a large door with rounded top in each arm. He walks through an outdoor landscape with trees and hills to either side, rocks in the foreground. The scene is surrounded by a circular border, with ox-head motifs sitting at each corner of the tile. Top of object is glazed and shiny, sides and bottom undecorated.


  • Type of Item tile
  • Culture Dutch
  • Material clay, paint, glaze
  • Measurements height 12.9 cm, width 12.9 cm, depth 0.9 cm (overall)

  • Previous Owner Margot Allingham
  • Received from Margot Allingham

  • Made in Netherlands

  • Creation Date before 1700
  • Ownership Date before March 11, 2016
  • Acquisition Date on March 11, 2016

  • Item Classes ceramics
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3160/0030