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LOT 0411
Medieval Floor Tile with Running Dog
FRANCE, BURGUNDY, CIRCA 1370-1400 A.D.
4 1/8 x 4 1/8 in. (388 grams, 10.5 x 10.5 cm).
Square tile with cream-coloured image of a hound running past a tree. [No Reserve]
Provenance
with Woolley & Wallis Salisbury, 8 October 2013, no.299.
Ex central London gallery.
Accompanied by a copy of a previous cataloguing document with references.
Literature
Cf. Norton, E.C., De l'Aquitaine a l'Artois: Carreaux Stannifères et carreaux Plombifères des XIIIe et XIVe siècles en France, in Rosen & Crepin-Lebrond, Images du Pouvoir, Pavements de Faience en France du XIIIe au XVIIe siècles, Lyon, 2000, pp.34-48.
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