Plate 3, 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 3, plate 3 of a series of 12. Folio 2, plate 2 of a series of 12. Design for a vase or perfume burner to be executed in metal with curving fluted forms, placed on a pedestal. Two climbing figures of putti decorate the lid. At the sides, busts of winged female figures. At the front, a shell-like form. Smoke clouds in the background. At the base of the vase, leafy branches., Paris, France, 1738–72

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