Établissements Gallé "Calla Lily" Vase
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$115,000
In this Établissement Gallé cameo glass vase, the calla lily’s flowers and leaves spiral in a diagonal whirlpool of movement, their ruffled edges and finely traced venation articulated through parallel lines that sweep around the vessel. The lilies are modeled in two distinct layers of colored glass, each carefully cut to different depths to achieve subtle tonal gradations. The first layer, a safranée glass, brings forth a warm yellow-orange radiance. The vase was then cased in subsequent layers of yellow and green glass, which were cut back so that the lilies themselves are rendered in yellow glass and the leaves in green.
Item #: G-22029
Artist: Émile Gallé
Country: France
Circa: 1925
Dimensions: 15" height, 14" diameter.
Materials: Cameo Glass
Signed: signed in cameo Gallé
Literature: Kiyoshi Suzuki, Glass of Art Nouveau, Japan, 1994, p. 184, pl. 226 (for a related example). Duncan, Alastair and Georges De Bartha. 1984. Glass by Gallé. New York: H.N. Abrams. p. 197, plate 301
Item #: G-22029
Artist: Émile Gallé
Country: France
Circa: 1925
Dimensions: 15" height, 14" diameter.
Materials: Cameo Glass
Signed: signed in cameo Gallé
Literature: Kiyoshi Suzuki, Glass of Art Nouveau, Japan, 1994, p. 184, pl. 226 (for a related example). Duncan, Alastair and Georges De Bartha. 1984. Glass by Gallé. New York: H.N. Abrams. p. 197, plate 301
Though Émile Gallé is well celebrated for his work in glass, and particularly his work with glass etching, many—if not most—of his celebrated oeuvre is in a far smaller scale than this piece. This vase is particularly special, in that is serves as such a marvelously large canvas for Gallé's detailed, texturing work.
Though Émile Gallé is well celebrated for his work in glass, and particularly his work with glass etching, many—if not most—of his celebrated oeuvre is in a far smaller scale than this piece. This vase is particularly special, in that is serves as such a marvelously large canvas for Gallé's detailed, texturing work.
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