Un siècle de céramique d'art en Tunisie, les fils de J. Chemla, Tunis. Arts décoratifs – Arts appliqués mainly from Swiss public and

mainly from Swiss public and private collections

Hence the unique value of the collection by François Jacques which brings together

This surprising bestiary "forcefully underlines how the animal has always provided human beings with an immense repertoire of signs and dreams" (Michel Pastoureau)

then on imperial dynamics

Nor for the bloody repression of the Piso conspiracy when he drove Seneca to suicide and eliminated part of the Roman political elite

Un siècle de céramique d'art en Tunisie, les fils de J. Chemla, Tunis. Arts décoratifs – Arts appliqués mainly from Swiss public andCo published with Editions Dmter (Tunis), this richly illustrated book traces the history of an extraordinarily rich Mediterranean craft industry, along with the journey of a remarkable family. The "sons of Jacob Chemla" were a unique example of a Jewish company engaged in the production of artistic ceramics, an activity regularly practiced exclusively by Muslims since the Middle Ages. The Chemla revived it and permanently inscribed it in Tunisian art