Lot Essay
Émile Gallé registered the designs, dated July 1st 1902, of a series of vases of this type, taller and shorter models, inspired by the aquilegia flower with its distinctive spurred petals.
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An 'Ancolies' Vase, Circa 1897-1900
Details
ÉMILE GALLÉ (1846-1904)
An 'Ancolies' Vase, Circa 1897-1900
the base and vase internally decorated with lines, the body of the vase overlaid and acid-etched, marquetry flowers with foil inclusions, applied buttress tendrils, the surface patinated
7 ¼ in. (18.4 cm.) high
engraved Gallé
An 'Ancolies' Vase, Circa 1897-1900
the base and vase internally decorated with lines, the body of the vase overlaid and acid-etched, marquetry flowers with foil inclusions, applied buttress tendrils, the surface patinated
7 ¼ in. (18.4 cm.) high
engraved Gallé
Literature
Dekorative Kunst, 3, 1899, p. 128, another similar example illustrated;
L'Art Décoratif, March 1905, p. 136, another similar example illustrated;
Collection Roger Marx – Objets d’Art Moderne, Lair-Dubreuil and Baudoin, Paris, 13 May 1914, lot 81, for an attenuated version of this model;
J. Bloch-Dermant, The Art of French Glass 1860-1914, New York, 1974, p. 94, another similar example illustrated;
Exposition Émile Galle and Toulouse-Lautrec, exhib. cat., Osaka, 1995, p. 48, another similar example illustrated;
H. Ricke, Glas des Art Nouveau, Munich, 1998, p. 126, fig. 40, another similar example illustrated;
V. Thomas, École de Nancy – Fleurs et ornements, Paris, 1999, p. 38, for a pencil and watercolor design for a taller version of the ‘Ancolie’ vase;
Émile Gallé et le Verre, Le Collection du Musée de l'Ecole de Nancy, Nancy, 2004, p. 164, another similar example illustrated;
Gallé Art Nouveau Glass, Kitazawa Museum of Art, exhib. cat., Vol. 2, Tokyo, pp. 35-36, another similar example illustrated;
E. Gallé, Émile Gallé, New York, 2014, p. 100, another similar example illustrated.
L'Art Décoratif, March 1905, p. 136, another similar example illustrated;
Collection Roger Marx – Objets d’Art Moderne, Lair-Dubreuil and Baudoin, Paris, 13 May 1914, lot 81, for an attenuated version of this model;
J. Bloch-Dermant, The Art of French Glass 1860-1914, New York, 1974, p. 94, another similar example illustrated;
Exposition Émile Galle and Toulouse-Lautrec, exhib. cat., Osaka, 1995, p. 48, another similar example illustrated;
H. Ricke, Glas des Art Nouveau, Munich, 1998, p. 126, fig. 40, another similar example illustrated;
V. Thomas, École de Nancy – Fleurs et ornements, Paris, 1999, p. 38, for a pencil and watercolor design for a taller version of the ‘Ancolie’ vase;
Émile Gallé et le Verre, Le Collection du Musée de l'Ecole de Nancy, Nancy, 2004, p. 164, another similar example illustrated;
Gallé Art Nouveau Glass, Kitazawa Museum of Art, exhib. cat., Vol. 2, Tokyo, pp. 35-36, another similar example illustrated;
E. Gallé, Émile Gallé, New York, 2014, p. 100, another similar example illustrated.