A FRENCH GILT, SILVERED AND PATINATED-BRONZE VASE 'FLEURS DE GLYCINE'
BY CHRISTOFLE & CIE, DESIGNED BY EMILE-ALPHONSE REIBER, PARIS, CIRCA 1874
The shaped foliate cast rim above a geometric inlay decorated neck set to front and back with a relief-cast stork and flanked by loop handles, the bulbous body decorated with bamboo and flowering wisteria, above a Greek key enamelled band and scrolled apron and feet, signed 'CHRISTOFLE ET CIE' and numbered '853243'
11 3/8 in. (29 cm.) high
A FRENCH GILT, SILVERED AND PATINATED-BRONZE VASE 'FLEURS DE GLYCINE'
BY CHRISTOFLE & CIE, DESIGNED BY EMILE-ALPHONSE REIBER, PARIS, CIRCA 1874
The shaped foliate cast rim above a geometric inlay decorated neck set to front and back with a relief-cast stork and flanked by loop handles, the bulbous body decorated with bamboo and flowering wisteria, above a Greek key enamelled band and scrolled apron and feet, signed 'CHRISTOFLE ET CIE' and numbered '853243'
11 3/8 in. (29 cm.) high
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