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Pair of Standing Tazzas

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Date: about 1785
Medium: Jaune fonce marble and breche violette (?); gilt bronze mounts
Culture: French
Department: Decorative Arts
Institution: Getty Museum

Each shallow bowl, perhaps intended to hold burning incense or potpourri, seems precariously balanced above a coiling snake ready to strike. Three twisted supports hold up the bowls, stretching their coiled ends along the rim. Their design is inspired by forms from classical antiquity.

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