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MEDIEVAL SET OF TILES WITH KNIGHTS AND DRAGONS
MEDIEVAL FRENCH TILE DEPICTING HUNTING DOGS
GERMANY, POSSIBLY UPPER RHINELAND, MID 15TH CENTURY A.D.
FRANCE, POSSIBLY BEAUVAIS, LATE 15TH CENTURY A.D.
A set of four earthenware floor tiles carved in relief with grapes, vine leaves, buds, human figures and dragons, including two knights holding shields and raising clubs in their right hands, confronting dragons with menacing claws; mounted on perspex. 16⅛ x 16⅛ in. (10.8 kg, 41 x 41 cm). [No Reserve] £1,000 - 1,400
A square ceramic tile stamped with a design composed of two hounds running right amongst stylised plants, framed by a plain line border. 5 x 5 in. (730 grams, 12.7 x 12.8 cm). [No Reserve] £400 - 600
PROVENANCE:
PROVENANCE:
Mark Van Veen, 2014. Ex central London gallery.
Swiss private collection, 2008. Ex central London gallery. Accompanied by a copy of a previous typed catalogue page. LITERATURE:
Cf. Berendsen., Tiles: A General History, London, 1967, p.54; cf. Landgraf, E., Ornamentierte Bodenfliesen Mittelalters in Sud-und Westdeutschland, 11501550: Musterkatalog, Stuttgart, 1993, figs. A34, A35, A70, pp. 18, 26, 145, 175. FOOTNOTES:
The four figures are locked in an eternal battle within a circular frame. Tiles measuring the same size and displaying a similar composition and dated c.1432-1479, are recorded in Wilten, near Innsbruck, Austria. Now held in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum.
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