Jan & John Maggs

Antiques and Art

A set of 4 polychromed Portuguese tiles

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Each tile has a flower with mulberry-colored petals and a golden center. When the tiles are laid in a group, the corner motifs combine to make a second, smaller flower, this one with blue petals around its golden center. Imagine a wall containing scores of these tiles in an expansive array. Here you have a slice of it.

Portugal or Spain, ca. 1700

Dimensions: 5 ½” X 5 ½”; thickness: ⅜”

Price: $ 175

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