Round dish with cattail border
Based in his family workshop in Beaune, Emile Gambut created works inspired by the rediscovery of the works of sixteenth-century potter Bernard Palissy (1510-ca. 1589). The frog, lizard, and lobster at the center of this plate recall the creatures found at the center of the Renaissance potter’s work. Gambut has added inventive details through the addition of the textured green moss and ornate decorative border.
Artwork Details
- Title: Round dish with cattail border
- Maker: Emile Gambut (French, active in Chalon-sur-Saône.)
- Date: 1878
- Culture: French, Beaune
- Medium: Glazed terracotta
- Dimensions: irregular diameter due to applied decoration, confirmed: 2 1/4 × 8 1/4 × 8 1/4 in. (5.7 × 21 × 21 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
- Credit Line: Gift of Wallis Katz, in memory of Marshall Katz, and in celebration of the Museum's 150th anniversary, 2020
- Object Number: 2020.86.3
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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