Collection Francis Meyer - L'Âme du Verre
Collection Francis Meyer - L'Âme du Verre
Émile Gallé
Carpe vase, circa 1885 – 1890
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
ÉMILE GALLÉ FOR THE ESCALIER DE CRISTAL
Carpe vase, circa 1885 – 1890
Cristal
Acid-etched intaglio and cameo enhanced with gilding decoration, with applied-enamel
Engraved monogram E ⱡ G in a on the flank and with the inscription Escalier de cristal on the underside
H. : 35 cm ; 13 ¾ in.
Gros & Delettrez, Paris, 17 july 2020, lot 3
Annick and Didier Masseau, L’escalier de cristal : le luxe à Paris (1809-1923), Saint-Rémy-en-l’Eau, 2021, p.156
The design of the carp in this vase is most likely borrowed from an engraving in a manual by Kuwagata Keisai, a painter-engraver of the Edo period, published in 1813. The carp facing us has the same lines and movement as in the Japanese artist's work. This vase was made for L'Escalier de Cristal, a prestigious Parisian store that fostered the development of Japonism following Japan's participation in the 1867 Exposition Universelle in Paris.
