Important Design

Important Design

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Bernard Laurent collection

Émile Gallé

Bulbe d'oignon bottle

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May 20, 12:30 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 EUR

Lot Details

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Description

Émile Gallé


Bulbe d'oignon bottle


Circa 1900

Multi-layered glass, acid-etched and wheel carved decoration, heat-formed stopper and foot

Signed Gallé on the flank

A second stopper is joined

30 x 13 x 13 cm ; 11 ¾ x 13 ⅝ x 13 ⅝ in.

Bernard Laurent collection, Villefranche-sur-Mer

Thence by descent to the present owner

For a comparable model :

Alastair Duncan, Georges de Bartha, Glass by Gallé, London, 1984, p. 69

François Le Tacon, L'oeuvre de verre d'Emile Gallé, Paris, 1998, fig. 83, p. 116

A comparable model is in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Troyes collections (inv. 03182), Troyes.