Oval basin decorated with “rustiques figulines”
France, probably Paris · Glazed earthenware · 1600–1650 · Paris, Musée du Louvre, Department of Decorative Arts (R 231)
The snake and small creatures on this basin were made by a technique that took moulds from real animals and plants.
Exhibition: Masterpieces of the Renaissance from the Musée du Louvre — The National Art Center, Tokyo · –