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Rusticware that reflects the period's fascination with exploring the natural world

"It reminds me of extraordinary vacations spent by the seashore."
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"It reminds me of extraordinary vacations spent by the seashore."

Curator Yassana Croizat-Glazer on an ornate pilgrim flask by Bernard Palissy.

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Photography by Paul Lachenauer

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Pilgrim Flask, Bernard Palissy and workshop French, Earthenware with colorless and transparent or opaque pigmented green, purple, blue, yellow, red-brown, and black lead glazes.
Pilgrim Flask
Bernard Palissy
probably 1556–67