'Je suis Ouvrier du Bonheur' vase, 1885-89

Lot: 30

H. 28.7 cm. Smoke grey glass. Polychromatic enamel, heightened with gold, flying mantis. Inscription and signature: Je suis ouvrier du bonheur EG, cross of Lorraine, stylised insect (gold), E. Gallé Nancy (diamond cut).

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Hammer Price: 5,300 €

141A - Auction Art Glass from Lorraine - a private collection
20. November 2018 at 2:00 PM CEST

Literature:

Cf. Cat. Auf den künstlerischen Spuren Emile Gallés, Cologne 1982, fig. 69; Hakenjos, Emile Gallé, Keramik, Glas und Möbel des Art Nouveau, Munich 2012, vol. 2, p. 61, no. 113; Thiébaut, Les dessins de Gallé, Paris 1993, p. 144.

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'Je suis Ouvrier du Bonheur' vase, 1885-89

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