Platter
circle of Bernard Palissy (French, 1510–1589)
late 1500s
- Medium
- lead-glazed earthenware
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Dimensions
- Overall: 49 x 40 cm (19 5/16 x 15 3/4 in.)
- Culture
- France
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Decorative Art and Design
- Credit line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
Coiled snakes, slinking lizards, and scaly fish adorn this decorative platter. Some of the naturalistic details were formed using casts of real animals.
