Live Auction 2435500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe, including Oriental Carpets
A MASSIVE FRENCH PALISSYWARE TROMPE L'OEIL OVAL PLATTER
Lot 220

A MASSIVE FRENCH PALISSYWARE TROMPE L'OEIL OVAL PLATTER

THE FRONT SIGNED AND DATED WITH AN AR. MONOGRAM AND 94, THE REVERSE SIGNED IN SCRIPT ARENOLEAU F(AIT) 1894.

Closed15 April 2011

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A MASSIVE FRENCH PALISSYWARE TROMPE L'OEIL OVAL PLATTER
THE FRONT SIGNED AND DATED WITH AN AR. MONOGRAM AND 94, THE REVERSE SIGNED IN SCRIPT ARENOLEAU F(AIT) 1894.
The center molded and applied with a large lobster clutching a fish in his left claw, resting among seaweed on a mottled green and blue ground
37 in. (94 cm.) wide

Specialist note

According to current scholarship, the present dish is a unique example of this size. By tradition and based on its massive size, this piece was likely exhibited by Renoleau in the late 19th century.