https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/15631/fullTondino with Figures in a Landscapelate 17th CenturyOverall: 7.5 × 34.3 cm (2 15/16 × 13 1/2 in.)Tin-glazed earthenware (grand feu faience)The Pierre Karch and Mariel O'Neill-Karch Collection.Manufactured: Nevers, FranceG14.4.110This plate demonstrates the convergence of various sources of artistic influences, making it a truly cross-cultural object. Its tondino shape, characterised by a broad flat rim, is borrowed from Italian maiolica. The dish’s decoration with European and Chinese figures in a garden rendered in monochrome blue demonstrates the impact of Chinese porcelain, while the loose, spontaneous brushwork shows the influence of the wares produced in Savona in the region of Liguria. Plates in this shape would have been used to serve thick soups or dishes with sauces, or alternatively to display a pyramid of fruit.French Faïence14th to 18th Century European Earthenware and Stoneware[]European CeramicsFrench Earthenware - Faïence1816135732Frenchpattern of images on bottom of plate