A 'Rien Sans Amour' Vase, 1899

Details

ÉMILE GALLÉ (1846-1904)
A 'Rien Sans Amour' Vase, 1899
the opaline body enameled and gilt with dragons, foliage, clouds and a fleur de lys
12 7/8 in. (32.8 cm.) high
enameled RIEN SANS AMOUR, E Gallé 1st,Cross of Lorraine, Réédité par Gallé en sa Cristallerie à Nancy 1899, pour l'histoire du Verre du XIX S. Expos. Univ. 1900

Literature

Emile Gallé et Le Verre, La Collection du Musée de L’ École de Nancy, Nancy, 2014, p. 107, no. 143, another similar example illustrated.

Lot Essay

The vase was designed in 1886 and then subsequently produced for the Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900. The example in the Musée d'Art Décoratifs, Nancy, was purchased from Gallé in 1904. The form of the work comes from Mamluk glass mosque lamps, but without a foot.

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