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Antique Ewer with a Handle in the Shape of Two Snakes encircling a Man Holding a Sea Shell by his Mouth to form the Spout, from "Series of Vases after the Antique"
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Engraving [early edition of the first state], Series of Vases after the Antique
Series of Vases after the Antique, Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund 1926
Title: Antique Ewer with a Handle in the Shape of Two Snakes encircling a Man Holding a Sea Shell by his Mouth to form the Spout, from "Series of Vases after the Antique"
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Engraving [early edition of the first state], Series of Vases after the Antique.
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