Collection Francis Meyer - L'Âme du Verre
Collection Francis Meyer - L'Âme du Verre
Émile Gallé
Orchidées rose vase, 1889
Auction Closed
October 8, 02:29 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
ÉMILE GALLÉ
Orchidées rose vase , 1889
Double-layered glass, internally decorated
Wheel-carved cameo decoration, hammered background
Engraved signature ÉMILE GALLÉ Nancy fecit, numbered n° 328 on the underside
H. : 15, 5 cm ; 5 ⅞ in.
The Orchidées rose vase, with its green marbled background imitating moss agate and opaque pink flowers, is similar to the vase decorated with roses in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium and the vase decorated with flying mayflies in the Musée des Arts décoratifs in Paris. Gallé described the specific technique of these rare examples in the note he submitted to the jury at the 1889 Paris World Fair, under the heading “Agates moussues, arborisées”.
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