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Emile Gallé

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 EUR
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Description

  • Emile Gallé
  • Vase aux orchidées, vers 1890-1894
  • Signé Cristallerie d'Emile Gallé modèle et décor déposés gravé au revers de la base
  • glass
  • Hauteur : 44 cm (17 3/8 in.)
verre dégagé à l'acide, décor émaillé avec rehauts d'or et applications

Provenance

Collection privée, Milan

Literature

Janine Bloch-Dermant, L'Art du verre en France, 1860-1914, éd. Edita-Denoël, Lausanne, 1974, p. 99 pour un vase de même forme au décor comparable
Eva Schmitt, Glas - Kunst - Handwerk, 1870-1945, Glassammlung Silzer, éd. Schillinger, Fribourg, 1989, p. 117, n. 57 pour un vase de même forme au décor comparable
Giuseppe Cappa, Le Génie Verrier de l’Europe, Témoignage de l’Historicisme à la Modernité, (1840-1998), éd. Mardaga, Bruxelles, 1998, p. 260, ns 441 et 442 pour des vases approchants

Condition

An attractive vase of good proportion. Very minor wear to enamelling particularly to brown tones of stems and to gilding at top. Central applications to flowerheads with good colour contrasts. Some air bubbles inherent in manufacturing process and light scratching to underside commensurate with age. Otherwise good condition.
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