A carved 'marqueterie-sur-verre' glass 'Onion' vase
A carved 'marqueterie-sur-verre' glass 'Onion' vase

BY GALLE, 1900

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A carved 'marqueterie-sur-verre' glass 'Onion' vase
By Galle, 1900
In pink-tinted glass overlaid with deep red towards the base, inlaid with milky green and mottled white, carved with spent teazles and dandelions, the base fully wheel-carved with leaves and striations, the whole supported on a foot of milky green onion roots
13in. (34.5cm.) high
Finely engraved mark Gall in elaborate script and dated 1900

Lot Essay

Cf: Janine Bloch-Dermant, The Art of French Glass, 1860-1914, London, 1980, pl. 80, p. 68

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