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Van Gogh’s family used an erotic Gauguin ceramic as a flower vase

Gauguin gave the 'Cleopatra Pot' to Vincent’s brother Theo, just after the disastrous end of the two artists’ collaboration in Arles

Martin Bailey
28 November 2025
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Paul Gauguin’s Cleopatra Pot (winter 1887-88) Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)