Plate 4, Livre de vases (Book of Vases), François Boucher, French, 1703 – 1770, Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772, Chez Le Pere et Avaulez, Paris, France, Etching on cream laid paper, Folio 4, plate 4 of a series of 12. Design for a vase to be executed in metal with curving forms, placed on a pedestal. A shell-shaped lid is attached to the left handle by a chain, the handles composed of two rams’ heads decorated with snakes., Paris, France, 1738–72, metalwork, Bound print, Bound print

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