Ceiling Tile (socarrat) with a Lion's Head

1490-1550 (Early Modern)

43.5 cm 35.3 cm 2.5 cm

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Lions are often depicted on ceiling tiles of this kind, but the stylized frontal view of the animal's head here is quite unusual and was probably influenced by similar images on glazed ceramic dishes. The piece once belonged to the newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst (18...

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William R. Hearst, San Simeon, California, ca. 1930, by purchase; Hearst estate, 1951, by bequest, inv. 2597, lot s/b 569, no. 28; Walters Art Museum, 1958, by purchase.
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