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EMILE GALLÉ
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EMILE GALLÉ

'BRÛLANTES SEMAILLES', AN ETCHED, ENAMELLED AND CARVED GLASS VASE

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EMILE GALLÉ
'BRÛLANTES SEMAILLES', AN ETCHED, ENAMELLED AND CARVED GLASS VASE
signed, annotated and dated in black-enamelled engraving, J'ai fait fleurir des semailles brûlantes, E.Gallé, 1889
7in. (18cm.) high
Literature
L'Ecole de Nancy, 1889-1909, Art Nouveau et industries d'art, Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Paris, 1999, cat.86, p.66 for illustration of this vase.
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Lot Essay

Gallé judged this vase worthy of inclusion in the Centennale de l'art français (1900). Highly influenced by the poetry of Baudelaire and the design of Japan, the naturalist Gallé became the creator of a 'modern' decor.

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