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Lot 1503 Dα

16 Gothic floor tiles

Auction 1196 - overview Cologne
20.05.2022, 10:00 - Decorative Arts incl. Highly Important Mortars the Schwarzach Collection Part IV.
Estimate: 800 € - 1.000 €
Result: 750 € (incl. premium)

16 Gothic floor tiles

Unglazed clay tiles with relief decor. From c. 11 x 11 to c. 14 x 14 cm.
Hesse, 13th - 15th C.

In the case of some of these predominantly square tiles, we still know where they were found. For example, four were discovered in the Liebfrauenkirche in Hadamar in 1966, and one triangular tile is thought to have been found in 1972 during construction work on the Deutschlandplatz square in Mainz.

Provenance

Former German private collection.

Literature

These tiles / this type illus. in Landgraf, Ornamentierte Bodenfliesen des Mittelalters, Stuttgart 1993.