Ornamental Vase Design
date: label: Date
content: 1737
name: label: Designer
content: Edme Bouchardon, French, 1698–1762
label: Print Maker
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
label: Publisher
content: Chez Huquier
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Tall, spouted, ovoid vase. The neck of the vase has spiral fluting on it, which terminates in a lip that spills over like a wave. A nude male youth figure stands at the front of the vase looking up and with arms raised toward the spout. Two twisted snakes form the handles of the vase, and their tails are intertwined at the boys' feet. Between their coils is also a grotesque mask. The foot of the vase is fluted, and the vase is elevated on a low, simple, square pedestal. The plate is lettered and numbered.
place: label: made in
content: France
label: published in
content: Paris, France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-6-479-18
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper