Plate 7, 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 7, plate 7 of a series of 12. Design for a vase to be executed in metal, placed on a pedestal. Shell-shaped forms near the neck and lid, the handle connected to the base by a snake-like chain. Sitting on the handle is a crouching dog baring its teeth. Reclining in the slope of the neck, at right, a putto figure., Paris, France, 1738–72, metalwork, Bound print

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