Plate 10, 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 10, plate 10 of a series of 12. Design for a curving vase influenced by shell forms to be executed in metal, placed on a pedestal. Two figures resting upon the body’s curves. At left, a standing satyr peers into the vase, his head holding the lid open. At right, a seated nude woman at the handle., Paris, France, 1738–72, metalwork, Bound print

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