MUSHROOM MARQUETERIE-SUR-VERRE INTERCALAIRE VASE, CIRCA 1895

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EMILE GALLÉ
MUSHROOM MARQUETERIE-SUR-VERRE INTERCALAIRE VASE, CIRCA 1895
glass, applied and wheel-carved, intercalaire, together with carved wood plinth and later presentation case (see front cover detail)
7½ in. (18.5 cm.) high (excluding plinth)
engraved mark Gallé

Literature

Philippe Garner, Emile Gallé, London, 1976, p. 140
Helga Helschenz, Das Glas des Jugendstils, Dusseldorf, 1973, pl. 185.

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Lot Essay

The incorporation of the incredibly fine detail of the spider's web, vegetation and grasses within the body together with the dichoric visual effects of the glass, which subtly changes colour in different light values, combines to produce one of Gallé's most remarkable masterpieces.

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