'Prunes' soufflé vase, 1920-25

Lot: 250

Emile Gallé, Nancy. 'Prunes' soufflé vase, 1920-25. H. 32 cm. Cased glass, amber, clear and brown, mould-blown (Soufflé technique) and multiply etched. Plum branches at sunset. Signed: Gallé.

Impeccable original condition.

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Hammer Price: 15,000 €

120 - Art Nouveau - Art Deco
19. May 2015 at

Literature:

The Soufflé technique was first shown at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs in Paris in 1925. Duncan/de Bartha, Glass by Gallé, London 1984, no. 302; Klesse/Mayr, coll. Funke-Kaiser, Kunstgewerbemuseum Cologne, 1981, no. 422; cat. Emile Gallé et le verre, la Collection du Musée de l'Ecole de Nancy, 2004, no. 361.

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'Prunes' soufflé vase, 1920-25

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