Pierced dish

Bernard Palissy (French, about 1510–about 1590)

17th century

Medium/TechniqueLead-glazed earthenware

DimensionsOther (Overall): 21.6cm (8 1/2in.)

Credit LineArthur Mason Knapp Fund

Accession number41.106

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ClassificationsCeramics

Collections

Europe

InscriptionsFragmentary printed paper label on underside from "L'exposition retrospective"ProvenanceBaron Gustave de Rothschild (b. 1829 - d. 1911); by descent to his grandson, Baron Henri de Lambert (b. 1887 - d. 1933) and his wife, Baroness Johanna von Reininghaus de Lambert (b. 1899 - d. 1960), Brussels and New York; March 7, 1941, Baroness Lambert sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, lot 124, to Arnold, Seligmann Rey and Co., New York, for the MFA for $150. (Accession Date: March 13, 1941)