Lot: 317
Emile Gallé, Nancy
'Bonheur au Nymphéa bleu' vase, 1885-89
H. 28.8 cm. Blueish glass. Polychromatic enamel, heightened with gold. Water lily, beetle. Inscription: 'Bonheur au Nymphéa bleu'. Signed: Emile Gallé Nancy (diamond cut), EG, cross of Lorraine (on a beetle), further inscription: 'Je suis Messager de Bonheur' (gold).
Hammer Price: 19,000 €
23. May 2017 at 2:00 PM CEST
Literature:
Cf. cat. Auf den künstlerischen Spuren Emile Gallés, Cologne 1982, fig. 69; Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva; Hakenjos, Emile Gallé, Keramik, Glas und Möbel des Art Nouveau, Munich 2012, vol. 2, p. 61, no. 113.
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