A FRENCH PALISSYWARE TROMPE L'OEIL PLATTER
A FRENCH PALISSYWARE TROMPE L'OEIL PLATTER

LATE 19TH CENTURY, PERHAPS LANDAIS

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A FRENCH PALISSYWARE TROMPE L'OEIL PLATTER
LATE 19TH CENTURY, PERHAPS LANDAIS
Naturalistically modeled as a large open-mouthed pike and two smaller fish resting amidst a bed of oak leaves on a shaped-oval platter
17½ in. (44.4 cm.) long

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Lot Essay

See Marshall P. Katz & Robert Lehr, Palissy Ware, London, 1996, p. 100 for similar tin-glazed earthenware pieces by Landais including a large pike and p. 97 for a variantly applied dish of similar form.

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