Two School of Tours Palissy Style Faience Trompe L'Oeil Shaped Oval Platters
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Description
The first impressed mark and signed for Leon Brard, modeled with a pike, a sole and an eel on seaweed; the second unmarked and attributed to Brard, modeled with four fish and an eel.
The first 16 in. wide, the second 10 in. wide.
Note: For a similar example of the first see Marshall P. Katz and Robert Lehr, Palissy Ware, London and Atlantic Highlands, NJ, 1996, p. 104, pl. 124; for a similar example of the second see p. 102, fig, 115.
The first Sold, Christie's New York, April 7, 2011, Lot 273. The second Sold, Christie's New York, April 20-21, 2005, Lot 622.Condition
Each in overall good condition with minor nicks to the rim. The first with some tiny nicks to the eels spine, one edge of a fish dorsal restored, the underside sprayed.ÂÂ
Not withstanding this report or any discussion concerning condition of a lot, all lots are offered and sold "as is" in accordance with our conditions of sale.
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