© Denis Glicksman, Inrap
© Denis Glicksman, Inrap
A sketch of land
Scales in the Marseilles area constituted in the seventeenthe and XVIIIe centuries of everyday objects. Their production was simple and quick, as was their decoration, often a tulip or bird. The human face, a rare motif, is treated with the same economy: the clay is covered with a beige glaze that the craftsman scratches with a point to trace the chin, eyes, mouth. A few drops of diluted iron oxide bring out the hair.
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