Plate 5, Livre de vases (Book of Vases), François Boucher, French, 1703 – 1770, Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772, Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772, Etching in red ink on cream laid paper, Folio 5, plate 5 of a series of 12. Design for a vase to be executed in metal with curving shell-shaped forms, placed on a pedestal. The handles and lid are made up of the coils of two snakes., Paris, France, ca. 1738, metalwork, Bound print, Bound print

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