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Vase (vase à tête d'éléphant) (one of a pair)
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Soft-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels gold
Rights: Public Domain
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation 1958
Title: Vase (vase à tête d'éléphant) (one of a pair)
Description:
Soft-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels gold.
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