Live Auction 775920th Century Decorative Art & Design
Christie’s roundel
Lot 16

EMILE GALLÉ (1846-1904)

RARE INTERCALAIRE VASE, 1914

Closed27 October 2009

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GBP 7,500

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EMILE GALLÉ (1846-1904)
RARE INTERCALAIRE VASE, 1914
cameo glass, internally decorated, the surface acid-etched with decoration of a belligerent Prussian eagle, the Cross of Lorraine and thistles of Nancy bearing human features
11 in. (28 cm.) high
signed in cameo Gallé and 1914

Specialist note

The decoration on the vase may be interpreted as a metaphor for the defence of Nancy in 1914. The caricatured faces on the thistles may represent those of Générals de Castelnau, Joffre and Foch.