CIRCA 1600-1630

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SIX ROTTERDAM 'SARACENE' WARRIOR TILES
CIRCA 1600-1630
Five tiles painted with a standing Roman soldier holding a shield, and one with a Turkish soldier (all with some restoration)

5? in. (13 cm.) square

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, Amsterdam, 22-23 November 1988, lots 614 (part), 615 (part) and 617.

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Lot Essay

For an illustration of a similar tile painted with a Roman soldier and another with a Turkish soldier, see Jan Pluis, The Dutch Tile, Designs and names, 1570-1930, Leiden, 1998, p. 355, nos. A.02.06.10 and A.02.06.11.

These tiles were used as prototypes for the commercial production of modern versions by the well known interiors company Fired Earth.

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