Large round plate with bird and serpent
Alfred Renoleau|Polakowski Tile Factory
1889 · Glazed earthenware with applied decoration · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Though Alfred Renoleau made this piece while working at a tile factory, the carefully modeled high relief of the distressed bird and coiling serpent suggest Renoleau’s sculptural ambitions.
- Artist
- Alfred Renoleau|Polakowski Tile Factory
- Date
- 1889
- Medium
- Glazed earthenware with applied decoration
- Culture
- French, Roumazière
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Gift of Wallis Katz, in memory of Marshall Katz, and in celebration of the Museum's 150th anniversary, 2020
