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Plate 4, Livre de vases (Book of Vases)
Gabriel Huquier, François Boucherca. 1738
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Folio 4, plate 4 of a series of 12. Design for a vase to be executed in metal with curving forms, placed on a pedestal. A shell-shaped lid is attached to the left handle by a chain, the handles composed of two rams’ heads decorated with snakes.
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- Title: Plate 4, Livre de vases (Book of Vases)
- Creator: François Boucher, French, 1703–1770, Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
- Date Created: ca. 1738
- Location Created: Paris, France
- Publisher: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Etching in red ink on cream laid paper
- Credit line: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
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