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Ceramic 52 The Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania 2

Square stove tiles with stylized flower (rosette) motifs. Parts of the corner stove tiles depicting a boy on horseback, 2nd quarter of the 16th century, glazed clay.
Half-cylindrical stove tiles depicting figure compositions and plant motifs, 2nd quarter of the 16th century, glazed clay.
Photos: Füsun Kavrakoğlu, The Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania, Vilnius, 2026.

Half-cylindrical stove tiles depicting mythological and allegorical subjects: the double-tailed siren, lovers, Bacchus, 2nd quarter of the 16th century, glazed clay.

Half-cylindrical stove tiles depicting Biblical figures: St. Catherine, Adam and Eve, St. Ann, St. George, Child Jesus, an angel holding St. Veronica’s veil with an image of the face of Jesus, 2nd quarter of the 16th century, glazed clay.

Model of a mid-16th century tile stove in the Palace of the Grand Dukes (reconstruction).
Cornice stove tiles with geometric and plant ornamentation, mid-16th century, glazed clay.

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