Elephant-head vase (vase à tête d'éléphant)
Object type: Vase
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: French, Sèvres
Artist: Sèvres Manufactory|Jean-Claude Duplessis
Artist bio: French, 1740–present|French, ca. 1695–1774, active 1748–74
Artist role: Manufactory|Designer
Artist nationality: French|French
Date: ca. 1757
Medium: Soft-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels, gold
Dimensions: Height: 15 in. (38.1 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1983
Accession year: 1983
Tags: Elephants