Émile GALLE (1846-1904) - Lot 245

Émile GALLE (1846-1904) Tubular vase with a wide ring at the top and a swollen base decorated with Islamic-inspired spirals. Proof in "sang de bœuf" lined glass on a white ground. Deeply carved decoration with spiral motif. Signed on the reverse "Gallé modèle et décor déposés". Height 12.4 cm € 2,000/3,000 History: The small series of these wheel-cut vases appears on plate 37 of the album of models deposited with the Conseil des Prud'hommes de Nancy by Émile Gallé on May 14, 1895. A comparable example is in the collection of the Museum für Angewandte Kunst in Cologne, inv. F 1443. Bibliography: Bernd Hakenjos, Émile Gallé Keramik, Glas und Möbel des Art Nouveau, Hirmer Verlag, 2012, model referenced and reproduced as n°173 p. 89. Collective work, Émile Gallé et le verre : La collection du musée de l'École de Nancy, Somogy Éditions d'art, Paris, 2004, different form but same decoration on a vase reproduced p.129 under n° 201. Appraised by Amélie Marcilhac