Vase (vase à tête d'éléphant) (one of a pair), ca. 1758

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Vase (vase à tête d'éléphant) (one of a pair), ca. 1758, French, Sèvres, Soft-paste porcelain, Overall (confirmed): 15 7/16 × 10 5/16 × 6 1/4 in., 6lb. ( × × cm, 23kg), Ceramics-Porcelain, Many of the more extraordinary and unusual vase models made at Sèvres were created in the late 1750s, and of these the two types of vases seen here are among the most novel and ambitious. Such extravagant shapes were not admired by everyone, however

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