Title: Large basin with snake, ferns, and bark
Object type: Platter
Date: ca. 1850–1855
Artist:  Charles-Jean Avisseau 
Artist bio: French, Tours 1796–1861 Tours
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Glazed earthenware
Dimensions: confirmed, irregular oval: 3 3/4 × 25 5/8 × 21 in. (9.5 × 65.1 × 53.3 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
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY