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LOT 2015
Post Medieval Glazed Ceramic Caged Canary Tile Set
CIRCA 18TH CENTURY A.D.
5 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (1.4 kg total, 13 x 13 cm each).
Formed using mauve-coloured glaze for the cage and yellow for the bird; chipped. [6]
Provenance
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Literature
Cf. Pluis, J., The Dutch Tile: Designs and Names, Leiden, 1997, p.615, for similar.
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