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Previous | Next 13 of 31 Image List | Glossary French 16th Century, probably Saint-Porchaire (Deux-Sevres) Salt c. 1540/1560, lead-glazed fine earthenware height: 12 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Widener Collection |
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This is another example of rare French ceramics influenced by sixteenth-century European pattern books and prints of Islamic ornament. Compare the ornament on the coil below the bowl of the Saint-Porchaire salt to the interlaced geometric strapwork and vegetal arabesques in the bottom band of Pellegrino's woodcut. Introduction | Previous | Next | |