Lot 410
GROUP OF SPANISH GLAZED ARISTA CEILING TILES (DE DOS POR TABLA)
SEVILLE, 1525-1575
Fine Furniture and Works of Art
Auction: 27 September 2017 at 11:00 BST
£3,250
Description
glazed in yellow/honey-brown, dark manganese-brown, blue and green, variously lustred, depicting a repeating pattern with scrolled foliage and stylised flower heads, comprising forty-eight tiles (some with broken corners) and seven partial tiles (55)
Dimensions
each tile 25 x 12.5cm approx.
Footnote
Provenance: From a private Scottish collection
Note: For similar examples of this pattern please see Alfonso Pleguezuelo, Lozas y Azulejos de Triana - Colección Carranza, Seville 2011, cat 70, p. 77. National Museums Scotland also have similar examples of this tile pattern (1894.207.7).