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LOT 1842
Post Medieval Dutch Glazed Ceramic Picture Tile Set
CIRCA 17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
5 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (4.7 kg total, 13 x 13 cm each).
Depicting a wild bird perched in a trellis covered in fruiting vine leaves, crowned by an architectural capital, some restoration. [20]
Provenance
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Literature
Cf. Pluis, J., The Dutch Tile: Designs and Names, Leiden, 1997, p.625, for a similar set.
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