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bieuville-frogs

Frogs on Handled Vase

Horace Bieuville for Sèvres · 1897 · glazed stoneware

Artist
Horace Bieuville
Date
1897
Region
France
Dimensions
H 24 cm

The vessel is built as a miniature architecture: amphibian guardians form the handles, their bodies locking the silhouette into a ring. The archive treats this as a taxonomy anchor and a study in touch—where glaze pools where the hand would rest.

Provenance

Manufacture context record, paired with archival documentation and comparative forms across Reptiles & Amphibians.