A WHEEL-CARVED, INTERNALLY DECORATED, OVERLAID AND ETCHED GLASS 'VASE DE TRISTESSE'

EMILE GALLE, 1894

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A WHEEL-CARVED, INTERNALLY DECORATED, OVERLAID AND ETCHED GLASS 'VASE DE TRISTESSE'
Emile Galle, 1894
The deep turquoise ground carved with grape leaves and buds, overlaid in black and etched with grape leaves and stems, with foil inclusions, engraved underneath Emile Gallé fecit 1894
5¾in. (14.3cm.) high

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cf. Alistair Duncan and Georges De Bartha, Glass by Galle, 1984, p. 125 for an illustration of this model with a silver-gilt handle

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