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EMILE GALLÉ (1846-1904)

RARE INTERCALAIRE VASE, 1914

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EMILE GALLÉ (1846-1904)
RARE INTERCALAIRE VASE, 1914
cameo glass, internally decorated, the surface acid-etched with decoration of a belligerent Prussian eagle, the Cross of Lorraine and thistles of Nancy bearing human features
11 in. (28 cm.) high
signed in cameo Gallé and 1914
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Lot Essay

The decoration on the vase may be interpreted as a metaphor for the defence of Nancy in 1914. The caricatured faces on the thistles may represent those of Générals de Castelnau, Joffre and Foch.

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