Germany, possibly Upper Rhineland, mid 15th century A.D. A set of four earthenware floor tiles carved in relief with grapes, vine leaves, buds, human figures and dragons, including two knights holding shields and raising clubs in their right hands, confronting dragons with menacing claws; mounted on perspex. Cf. Berendsen., Tiles: A General History, London, 1967, p.54; cf. Landgraf, E., Ornamentierte Bodenfliesen Mittelalters in Sud-und Westdeutschland, 1150-1550: Musterkatalog, Stuttgart, 1993, figs. A34, A35, A70, pp. 18, 26, 145, 175. 10.8 kg, 41 x 41 cm (16 1/8 x 16 1/8 in.). Swiss private collection, 2008. Ex central London gallery. Apanied by a copy of a previous typed catalogue page. The four figures are locked in an eternal battle within a circular frame. Tiles measuring the same size and displaying a similarposition and dated c.1432-1479, are recorded in Wilten, near Innsbruck, Austria. Now held in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum. [No Reserve]