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Previous | Next 12 of 31 Image List | Glossary French 16th Century, probably Saint-Porchaire (Deux-Sevres), or Paris region Candlestick c. 1547/1559 lead-glazed fine earthenware, height: 29.5 cm diameter of base: 16.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Widener Collection |
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This candlestick is another example of rare French ceramics influenced by sixteenth-century European pattern books and prints of Islamic ornament. It is assembled from at least 130 separately formed and decorated parts. Compare the two bottom tiers of the Saint-Porchaire candlestick to the geometric knotwork in the top band of Pellegrino's woodcut. Introduction | Previous | Next | |