Oval basin with lizard, shells, and light blue background

Georges Pull French

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Georges Pull’s training as a taxidermist probably aided his ability to render creatures with lifelike precision on his ceramic works inspired by the Renaissance potter Bernard Palissy (1510-ca.1589). Pull captures the minute wrinkles on the skin of the lizard found at the center of this dish. The smaller curled lizard on the rim has been left unglazed.

Oval basin with lizard, shells, and light blue background, Georges Pull (Wissembourg, Alsace-Lorraine, France 1810–1889 Paris, France), Glazed earthenware , French, Paris

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Oval basin with lizard, shells, and light blue background, Georges Pull (Wissembourg, Alsace-Lorraine, France 1810–1889 Paris, France), Glazed earthenware , French, Paris
Oval basin with lizard, shells, and light blue background, Georges Pull (Wissembourg, Alsace-Lorraine, France 1810–1889 Paris, France), Glazed earthenware , French, Paris
Oval basin with lizard, shells, and light blue background, Georges Pull (Wissembourg, Alsace-Lorraine, France 1810–1889 Paris, France), Glazed earthenware , French, Paris

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