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LOT 1401
Spanish Blue and White Tile with Hunting Scene
POSSIBLY 18TH CENTURY A.D.
10 3/4 x 9 in. (1.37 kg, 27.5 x 23 cm).
A blue and white rectangular tile depicting a hunting scene set in woodland, showing a mounted rider galloping left, holding a spear and wearing a plumed headdress, hunting hounds running beside him; mounted in a gold-coloured frame.
Provenance
Acquired in the 2000s.
Property of a North London collector.
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