The Netherlands
Circa 1620 - 1640A rare tile with painting of a large butterfly above a plant, probably a butterfly bush.
With French lilies as corner decoration.Images like these are very hard to find.

The Netherlands
Circa 1620 - 1640A rare tile with painting of large flowers and a large insect.
The fly or bee is wonderfully painted in a primitive way.
With French lilies as corner decoration.Images like these are very hard to…

The Netherlands
Rotterdam
Circa 1610 - 1630A very rare and fair tile with painting of a Dutch soldier, from a so-called seriers of Spanish soldiers, from the period of the 80 years war between Spain and the Dutch states.

Painted…

The Netherlands
Rotterdam
Circa 1620 - 1640A full painted tile with decoration of an elephant between two plant. A realistic elephant walking towards us.
All of this, painted within a Wanli border.

The Netherlands
Rotterdam
Circa 1720 - 1740An unusually fine painted 'openair' tile with deep shades of blue and a shining glaze, decorated with the story of the lost sheep. Luc 15: 1 t/m 10.

Nederland
Circa 1630 - 1640An extremely rare and unusual tile with a decoration of a castle, in the middle of the woods.
This ''Cabin in the woods'' decoration I've never seen before on a tile.Painted within a candelabra border.

The Netherlands
Circa 1600A rare quadrant tile with decoration of carnations.
Images of flowers are extremely rare to find on quadrant tiles, and rarely come on the market.The glaze is quite dull, due wear of the centuries.
The…

The Netherlands
Amsterdam
1640 - 1680A rare tile with a ship with coloured flags, Both in the top and on the stern the Dutch Flag.

This tile has been found in the Warmoestraat in Amsterdam, in the famous building: De Keyserinne.

The Netherlands
1620 - 1640An extremely rare tile with a painting of a Grotesk female face, from which two branches emerge, floating above the surface.

No other example of this tile is known to me.

With a flower as corner…

China
Qing dynasty
Qianlong Emperor
Ca. 1760A rare Chinese porcelain export tile for the Dutch or English market.
With the decoration of three wise men playing the game of Go.