Vente aux enchères en direct 742320th Century Decorative Art and Design and French Glass of the Fin De Siècle
EMILE GALLÉ
Lot 16

EMILE GALLÉ

L'ORGE INTERCALAIRE PARLANTE VASE, 1900

Fermé3 October 2007

Prix réalisé

GBP 31,700

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EMILE GALLÉ
L'ORGE INTERCALAIRE PARLANTE VASE, 1900
glass, overlaid and wheel-carved with silver foil inclusions, the stem engraved Semé dans un Sillon de miser et de peine Victor Hugo
13¼ in. (34 cm.) high
engraved mark Gallé 1900

Note du spécialiste

The juxtaposition of the young budding barley with the dry, withered barley, together with Victor Hugo's verse on the subject of loss and alienation reflects Gallé's interest in the power of symbolism, nature and the themes of life and death, vitality and decay.

20th Century Decorative Art & Design, 4th May 2007, lot 80, for an example of the design without engraved verse which sold in these rooms for 16,800.