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renoleau-crab

Crab Wall Platter

Alfred Renoleau · c. 1891–95 · tin-glazed earthenware

Artist
Alfred Renoleau
Date
c. 1891–1895
Region
France
Dimensions
H 37 × W 47 cm

Relief marine realism with a theatrical lighting profile: highlights skim the shell surfaces, then drop into velvet shadow. The platter reads as a wall work—taxonomy pinned to a tide field.

Provenance

Record designed to hold auction and museum references when attached; comparative relief works link into Echinoderms and Marine Fish rooms.