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vase

Object NameVase

Artist Émile Gallé (French, 1846 - 1904)

Studio Cristallerie d'Émile Gallé

Made FromGlass, Bronze

Dateabout 1895-1900

Place MadeFrance

TechniqueBlown, cased, hot-applied, inlaid, acid-etched, cut, engraved, carved, polished

SizeOverall H: 32.8 cm, W: 15.7 cm

Accession Number88.3.32

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Clara S. Peck Endowment, the Museum Endowment Fund, and a special grant

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

The Fragile Art: Extraordinary Objects from The Corning Museum of Glass

Emile Gallé: Dreams Into Glass

On ViewModern Gallery

Physical DescriptionTranslucent deep green, aquamarine, smokey gray, lavender, beige, orange, colorless glasses; blown, cased, hot-applied and inlaid decorative elements, acid-etched, cut, and engraved; bronze mount. Thick, flattened ovoid or bud shaped vessel comprised of multiple layers of glass; narrow, lipless, crescent opening has been carved and polished; upper half of body a smokey blue/gray, lower half grass green; along each of the two side edges applied colorless glass trails with overall minute bubbles and beige flecks, broadening then fusing into curved base; body decorated with overall internal beige flecks of glass, one broad side has engraved life-size bearded iris spray in full bloom with orange marquetry stem, the reverse side has inlaid trails of orange and lavender which have been carved and engraved to form a withered iris spray; inscribed vertically in stylized block letters on engraved leaf above the base on blossoming iris side: "Gallé"; deeply inset foot is crudely threaded and has a metal plate, foot is encased and held by a screw to modeled bronze foot in form of alternating petals and buds, patinated green.
Provenance

Source Feldman Habsburg - 1988-07-29

Former Collection Luigi Annieri

Former Collection Compagnie Universelle Art Nouveau S. A. Panama