vase

Object NameVase with Landscape

Maker Émile Gallé (French, 1846 - 1904)

Made FromGlass

Date1900-1994

Place MadeFrance, Nancy

Techniqueblown, cased, acid-etched, ground

SizeH: 18.7 cm, W: 11 cm, Th: 9.4 cm, D(rim): 4.9 cm

Accession Number94.3.95

Credit LineBequest of Suzanne Nady

Curatorial Area(s)

Not On View

Physical DescriptionLight gray ("smoky") shading to pale grayish yellow, both semitransparent, cased with light blue translucent under deep purple opaque; glass; blown, cased, acid-etched, ground. Vase: flattened ovoid (horizontal section at midpoint of wall is oval). Rim cylindrical, tapering slightly toward top and with rounded lip made by grinding; wall descends in gentle convex curve at sides, but has straight mid-section where body is flattened; base plain, with underside ground flat at edge and slightly concave at center, presumably to removed pontil mark. Acid-etched cameo decoration in several shades of purple and blue: mountainous landscape with lake and trees, forming one continuous panorama. On each flat face in foreground, one large and one or more smaller trees among rocks, all in deep purple; in middle distance, lake in front of tree-covered hillside which rises from low-lying area, also with trees, in deep and light purple; in background, gray, yellowish and blue mountains which form jagged horizon; in sky, suggestions of bluish clouds. Bottom of wall is solid deep purple. Raised signature in deep purple over part of lake: "Gallé".

Provenance

Source Estate of Suzanne Nady