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LOT 1953
Post Medieval Glazed Ceramic Animal Tile Group
17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
3 7/8 x 8 5/8 - 4 x 3 5/8 in. (1.29 kg total, 9.9 x 9.1 - 10.2 x 9.3 cm).
Comprising two tile designs in relief: three horses in an enclosure; two animals, likely cats, fighting; coloured glazes. [8]
Provenance
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Literature
Cf. similar specimen in the British Museum, inventory no.OA.9377.
Footnotes
The tile production increased in the second half of the 16th century and during the following centuries. The fragments discovered from various localities (pot-tiles, rectangular, triangular and trapezoidal panels, open-work crest tiles) were all produced in regional workshops, from the end of the 15th century or at the beginning of the 16th century. They all had diverse decorative motifs, mainly animals and geometrical or vegetal combinations, almost all of them singular finds for this study area.
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LOT 1953
Post Medieval Glazed Ceramic Animal Tile Group
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
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