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LOT 1826
Medieval Glazed Ceramic Tile with Open Book
15TH CENTURY A.D.
7 in. (891 grams, 17.8 cm).
Square in plan with some remains of bedding cement. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Benjamin Proust, 2015.
Ex central London gallery.
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