Émile Gallé - Design London Thursday, May 2, 2024 | Phillips

Create your first list.

Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.

  • Provenance

    Private collection, Paris
    Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2005

  • Literature

    Philippe Garner, Émile Gallé, London, 1976, p. 117 for a similar example
    Alastair Duncan and Georges de Bartha, Glass by Gallé, London, 1984, p. 61 for a similar example
    Tim Newark, The Art of Émile Gallé, London, 1995, p. 92 for a similar example
    Bernd Hakenjos, Émile Gallé: Keramik, Glas und Möbel des Art Nouveau, Munich, 2012, pp. 55-56 for similar examples, p. 187 for a drawing
    Émile Gallé: Nature and Symbol, exh. cat., Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, Tokyo, 2016, p. 134 for a similar example

  • Catalogue Essay

    The cicada motif used in the present vase fits within Gallé's broader oeuvre which featured thematic inclusion of plant and animal imagery. This insect is understood to be a melancholic symbol of the fleeting quality of happiness and reminder of mortality, characterised here by the brevity of its song for just a few short weeks at the end of the cicada’s life cycle after spending years buried underground.

58

Rare vase

circa 1884
Wheel-carved, overlaid, and acid-etched glass with inclusions of coloured powders.
8.2 cm (3 1/4 in.) high, 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.) diameter
Engraved gallé.

Estimate
£15,000 - 20,000 

Sold for £19,050

Contact Specialist

Antonia King
Head of Sale, Design
+44 20 7901 7944
Antonia.King@phillips.com
 

Design

London Auction 2 May 2024