Earthly pleasures: Avisseau's basin draws dramatic bidding at Strawser’s auction
This Palissy-style ‘art of the earth’ basin is inscribed and dated 'Avisseau, Tours, 1856' for Charles-Jean Avisseau (1795-1861).
The French ceramicist, based in Saint-Pierre-des-Corps, is often credited with rediscovering the t…