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NORTHERN FRENCH, 14TH/ 15TH CENTURY | TILE DEPICTING A JESTER

Auction Closed

December 3, 02:41 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

NORTHERN FRENCH, 14TH/ 15TH CENTURY

TILE DEPICTING A JESTER


glazed ceramic

inscribed: A.K.M / 25.06.61 on the reverse, and with a label inscribed: Le fou et sa marotte / Provenance prieuré des chanoines reguliers de l'ordre de St Augustin de Monnes dans l'Aisne

12.7 by 12.7 by 2.2cm., 5 by 5 by ⅞in. 

This Lot will be stored at New Bond street and not as stated in the printed catalogue.

Monastery of the Order of Saint Augustin, Monnes, Aisne, France

This charming medieval tile appears to be unique in its diverting depiction of a jester contemplating his marotte.


RELATED LITERATURE

M. Mellor, Pots and Tiles of the Middle Ages, exh. cat. Sam Fogg, London, 2014, pp. 80-85