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Design for a Vessel (Tableware)

ca. 1675

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

The left half is shown, supported by a dolphin's head. The lowest part of the body is convex; it is decorated with leaves. The part next to it is concave and fluted. The main section is convex. It shows an acanthus rinceau beginning at a shell standing in the center. From a bearded and foliated mask rises a handle shaped like intertwined snakes. The upper part of the body is framed by moldings. Pricked.

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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