Lot Essay
The example of this mould in the Edouard de Rothschild Collection, which has got a flat flange on the border, is illustrated by Serge Grandjean Bernard Palissy et son école (Paris, 1952), no. XXIII.
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16TH CENTURY
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A PALISSY SCHOOL TAZZA
16TH CENTURY
Moulded in relief with Perseus and Andromeda, Andromeda chained to a rock and Perseus about to slay the sea monster before a crowd of agitated onlookers including warriors and men in togas, one tending a fire and with a dog at his feet, a walled town in the distance, all in green, grey, blue, ochre, brown and manganese glazes, the underside streaked in brown and green glazes (restoration to rim between 11.30 and 2.30 o'clock, repaired chips to foot, very minor surface blemishes)
9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm.) diam.
16TH CENTURY
Moulded in relief with Perseus and Andromeda, Andromeda chained to a rock and Perseus about to slay the sea monster before a crowd of agitated onlookers including warriors and men in togas, one tending a fire and with a dog at his feet, a walled town in the distance, all in green, grey, blue, ochre, brown and manganese glazes, the underside streaked in brown and green glazes (restoration to rim between 11.30 and 2.30 o'clock, repaired chips to foot, very minor surface blemishes)
9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm.) diam.
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