Round dish with fighting lizard and snake
Object type: Dish
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: Portugal, Caldas de Rainha
Artist: Manuel Mafra
Artist bio: Portuguese, Caldas de Rainha, Portugal, 1830–1905
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: Portuguese
Date: 1865–87
Medium: Glazed earthenware
Dimensions: confirmed, irregular diameter: 3 1/2 × 15 11/16 × 15 9/16 in. (8.9 × 39.8 × 39.5 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
Credit line: Gift of Wallis Katz, in memory of Marshall Katz, and in celebration of the Museum's 150th anniversary, 2020
Accession year: 2020
Tags: Snakes|Insects|Lizards