GROUP OF SPANISH GLAZED ARISTA CEILING TILES (DE DOS POR TABLA)
SEVILLE, 1525-1575
£1,000
Fine Furniture and Works of Art
Auction: 27 September 2017 at 11:00 BST
Description
comprising tiles with two repeating patterns, glazed in yellow/honey-brown, blue and green, variously lustred, the first pattern depicting a lattice pattern with stylised leafy flower heads, eight tiles and two partial tiles; the second pattern over two tiles, with quatrefoil design enclosing flower heads and leaves within chevron borders, twelve tiles (one broken) and two partial tiles (24)
Dimensions
each tile 25 x 12.5cm approx.
Footnote
Provenance: From a private Scottish collection
Note: The first group of tiles in this lot, depicting the lattice pattern, is very similar in design to tiles featured in Alfonso Pleguezuelo's catalogue of the Carranza Collection in Seville (Alfonso Pleguezuelo, Lozas y Azulejos de Triana - Colección Carranza, Seville 2011, cat. 50, p. 67).