Lot Essay
cf. Tim Newark, The Art of Emile Gall, 1995, frontispiece and p. 121 for illustrations of a similar example. See also Victor Arwas, Glass Art Nouveau to Art Deco, 1987, p. 141, and Alastair Duncan and Georges de Bartha, Glass by Gall, 1984, p. 197, pl. 301 for other illustrations of the model.