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In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
Designing ornamental vases or urns was particularly popular during the mid-18th century since the only limit to the possibilities was the imagination of the artist. Saly, a sculptor by training, was a student at the French Academy in Rome from 1740 to 1746, at which time he published a set of 30 etchings. Saly began with basic antique vase forms but deviated from classical ornament to use a rich variety of fantastic creatures for embellishment.
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Jacques François Joseph Saly — Design for a Vase with a Bacc
Jacques François Joseph Saly — Vase with a Male Siren holdin
Wenzel Jamnitzer I (German, 1508/09–1585) — Ornamental Vase
Virgil Solis (German, 1514–1562) — Design for a Vase
Enea Vico — Antique Lidded Vase with Two Handles emerging fr
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Dulouchamp|Michelangelo Pergolesi — Vases and Ornament, nos.
Gazette des Beaux-Arts|Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart|Auguste De
Jacob Gottlieb Thelot|Martin Engelbrecht|Carl Pier — Design 
Virgil Solis (German, 1514–1562) — Design for a Ewer
Jacques François Chereau|Jean François Forty|C. Colinet — De
