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See Katz & Lehr, op. cit., p. 124 fig. 144 for a similar example.
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CIRCA 1855 - 1875, ATTRIBUTED TO THE SCHOOL OF PARIS, VICTOR BARBIZET
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A FRENCH PALISSY STYLE TROMPE L'OEIL CIRCULAR BASIN
Circa 1855 - 1875, attributed to the School of Paris, Victor Barbizet
Naturalistically moulded and applied with three fish entwined with an eel, the cavetto, with a turtle, a frog and a mussel with barnacles, the border with a large snake, a rhino beetle, a lizard, a snail and a dragonfly, interspersed with scattered shells among ferns and foliage, the reverse pierced for hanging
16 in. (40.5 cm.) diameter
Circa 1855 - 1875, attributed to the School of Paris, Victor Barbizet
Naturalistically moulded and applied with three fish entwined with an eel, the cavetto, with a turtle, a frog and a mussel with barnacles, the border with a large snake, a rhino beetle, a lizard, a snail and a dragonfly, interspersed with scattered shells among ferns and foliage, the reverse pierced for hanging
16 in. (40.5 cm.) diameter