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vase

Object NameVase with Flower Medallions

Maker Gabriel Argy-Rousseau (French, 1885-1953)

Made FromGlass

Date1920-1925

Techniquepate de verre

SizeH: 25.9 cm, D (max.): 13 cm

Accession Number61.3.137

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Place Made

France, Paris

Physical DescriptionTransparent pale pinkish lavender, blue-amethyst, light yellow, green and orangish-red glasses; pate de verre. Elongated bulbous form; horizontal flared upper rim swells to mid-body and tapers to base; upper half of body encircled by a frieze of right hand curls having three trisymmetrically placed circular medallions with five stylized flowers and curling vine; frieze is bordered at top and base by bands of right hand curls; flat base; incised in original wax model on side: "G. ARGY- ROUSSEAU", on base, "7172".
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