Set Of Five Portuguese Faience Tile Panels, Painted In Blue, Circa 20th Century
A set of five Portuguese faience tile panels, each tile panel consisting of 30 tiles and each tile measuring 14x14cm. Each tile panel painted in blue with various scenes of tennis being played throughout history. Faience is a pottery technique where a terracotta body is covered by a glaze which includes tin oxide to give an opaque white ground. This technique was originally developed in the Middle East and often used in Europe to imitate Chinese porcelain before the secret of the method of making porcelain was discovered.
The technique was much used in Portugal for making tile panels painted in blue and referred to as azulejos. Set Of Five Portuguese Faience Tile Panels, Painted In Blue, Circa 20th Century.
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The seller is "carvalhoabc" and is located in this country: GB. This item can be shipped to United Kingdom.
- Boxed/ Unboxed: Unboxed
- Colour: Blue/White
- Date Range: 1980-Now
- Manufacturer/ Type: Unknown
- Material: Faience
- Original/Reproduction: Contemporary Original
- Product Type: Tile Panels
- Style: Portuguese
- Sub-Type: Other European
- Use: Decorative
- Year of Manufacture: 20th Century
- Brand: Continental
- Production Technique: Pottery