Tile

MOA: University of British Columbia

3160/60

Ceramic tile, square. On a white background, tile has an image in maroon of a biblical scene representing Jacob wrestling with an angle at Peniel. The background is flat with bushes to back and front, and a tall tree to the right of the figures. Reference “GEN 32 V 24” is written along the bottom of the scene. Image is surrounded by a circular border, and ox-head motifs decorate the corners of the tile. Top surface is glazed and shiny with shallow cracking in the glaze; sides and bottom are undecorated.


  • Type of Item tile
  • Culture Dutch
  • Material clay, paint, glaze
  • Measurements height 13.0 cm, width 13.1 cm, depth 1.2 cm (overall)

  • Previous Owner Margot Allingham
  • Received from Margot Allingham

  • Made in Netherlands

  • Creation Date during 1775
  • Ownership Date before March 11, 2016
  • Acquisition Date on March 11, 2016

  • Item Classes ceramics
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3160/0060