tile field, Anonymous, second half 17th century, tin glaze, earthenware, With frame: 13 x x 3cm (130 x 254 x 30mm), Tile: x x (126 x 126 x 11mm ), mermaid, bird, northern netherlands, Tile field of two tiles (one by two) of earthenware covered with tin glaze and painted in blue. The tiles depict mermaids pulling heads. On the left tile is a mermaid on the shoulders of a second mermaid to access the bird, hanging upside down from a rope. The two swimming figures cannot reach the head of the bird on the right tile. Both tiles have a spider as a corner motif, 1985

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Size: 6048px × 4032px
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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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