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Document identity
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153366
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Platter
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object
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1
Source metadata
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153366
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object
title
Platter
date
late 1500s
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q60778164
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5766
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Ceramic
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1
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Overall: 49 x 40 cm (19 5/16 x 15 3/4 in.)
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France, 16th century
accession
1986.57
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lead-glazed earthenware
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Platter, late 1500s. Circle of Bernard Palissy (French, 1510–1589). Lead-glazed earthenware; overall: 49 x 40 cm (19 5/16 x 15 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1986.57
collection
Decorative Arts
didYouKnow
Coiled snakes, slinking lizards, and scaly fish adorn this decorative platter. Some of the naturalistic details were formed using casts of real animals.
citations
citation
Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1986.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 74, no. 2 (1987).
page_number
p. 61
citation
Christman, Bruce, "Cyber-Ceramics ", Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 44 no. 04, April 2004
page_number
Mentioned & reproduced: 6-7
citation
Cleland, Elizabeth A. H. and Marjorie E. Wieseman. <em>Renaissance Splendor: Catherine De' Medici's Valois Tapestries. </em>Cleveland, OH; New Haven, CT: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2018. 106236147
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Reproduced: p. 27, fig. 20
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 07:55:19.269000
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153366
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Decorative Art and Design
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Decorative Arts
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lead-glazed earthenware
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male
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