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Floor tile

13th century
Medium/TechniqueEarthenware, encaustic decoration
DimensionsOverall: 14 x 14.3 x 2.5 cm (5 1/2 x 5 5/8 x 1 in.)
Credit LineThe Lloyd and Vivian Hawes Collection
Accession number2000.1303
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTiles
Collections
InscriptionsOne side bears remnants of a paper label
ProvenanceBy 1992, Vivian S. Hawes (b. 1923 - d. 1999), Wellesley, MA [1]; 2000, bequest of Vivian S. Hawes to the MFA. (Accession date: July 13, 2017)

Notes:
[1] Lent to the MFA on June 19, 1992.
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