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Source Description
Tiles of this kind, known in Spanish as socarrats, were arranged facing down between ceiling crossbeams. This one, together with Walters 48.2106.2, 48.2106.8 and 48.2106.9, comes from a large residence in the southern Spanish city of Valencia. Little is known about the original use of the building, demolished around 1890: it probably belonged to a local aristocrat. The images of hounds and wild animals on its ceiling alluded to hunting, a favorite sport of the nobility.
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Document identity
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30135
label
Ceiling Tile (socarrat) with a Boar
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Source metadata
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30135
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object
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title
Ceiling Tile (socarrat) with a Boar
description
Tiles of this kind, known in Spanish as socarrats, were arranged facing down between ceiling crossbeams. This one, together with Walters 48.2106.2, 48.2106.8 and 48.2106.9, comes from a large residence in the southern Spanish city of Valencia. Little is known about the original use of the building, demolished around 1890: it probably belonged to a local aristocrat. The images of hounds and wild animals on its ceiling alluded to hunting, a favorite sport of the nobility.
provenance
[House at 14 calle de Roteros (?)] Valencia; Sale, ca. 1890 (?); William R. Hearst, San Simeon, California, ca. 1930, by purchase; Hearst estate, 1951, by bequest [inv. 2597, lot s/b 569, no. 92]; Walters Art Museum, 1958, by purchase.
date
1396-1410 (Late Medieval)
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CC0
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en
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Ceramics
ceiling tiles
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3
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3
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
32.2
height
36.6
depth
3
dimensionsRaw
H: 12 11/16 x W: 14 7/16 x D: 1 3/16 in. (32.2 x 36.6 x 3 cm)
Source extras
cul
Valencian
style
Gothic
reign
Martin the Humane (1396-1410)
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earthenware with glaze and black paint
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6242
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REN
exhibition_ids
1957
453
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