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LOT 1641
Medieval English 'Three Lions' Floor Tile
ENGLAND, 15TH CENTURY A.D.
5 3/8 x 5 3/8 in. (938 grams, 13.5 x 13.5 cm).
Square glazed floor tile with yellow motif of lions passant on a heater shield. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceBenjamin Proust, 2015.
with Bonhams, London, 17 May 2017, no.87 (part).
Ex central London gallery.
A Bonhams lot sticker to verso.
Cf. Eames, E., Medieval Craftsmen: English Tilers, London, 1992, item 80, for type.
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