Plate 12, Livre de vases (Book of Vases), François Boucher, French, 1703 – 1770, A. Bouchet, French, active ca. 1730-1740, Chez Le Pere et Avaulez, Paris, France, Etching on cream laid paper, Folio 12, plate 12 of a series of 12. Design for mounts of a ewer or vase influenced by shell forms to be executed in jasper. A figure of a young boy reclines on rocks, shells, and flowers on the lid, a goat with a long tail decorates the handle, and acanthus and scroll motifs adorn the foot. At right, a line drawing of the ewer to which the mounts would be attached., Paris, France, 1738–72, metalwork

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