British Art Pottery & Design - 14th December 2017
Lot 243
A modern four tile panel originally designed by Rafaello Bordalo Pinheiro
Estimate £150 - £200 | Hammer £150
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Description
A modern four tile panel originally designed by Rafaello Bordalo Pinheiro, modelled in low relief with frogs seated on a lily pad, with watercress flower border, glazed in shades of green, white and yellow on a brown ground, another similar four tile panel with central water-lily flower, a Grasshopper four tile panel, a four tile cat panel, a Butterfly tile and four other tile panels, impressed marks, 26cm. square (frog panel), (9)
Provenance
The Tile collection of Carolyn Wraight.
Literature
Hans Van Lemmen, Art Nouveau Tiles, Laurence King, page 148 for a comparable frog tile illustrated.