Lot 438
Lot 438
GALLÉ

'Aquatic' Bowl, circa 1925

Price Realised USD 40,320
Estimate
USD 2,000 - USD 3,000
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GALLÉ

'Aquatic' Bowl, circa 1925

Price Realised USD 40,320
Price Realised USD 40,320
Details
mold-blown opalescent glass overlaid and acid-etched with vitrified highlights
714 in. (18.5 cm) high, 13 in. (33 cm) diameter
signed in cameo Gallé
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 29 March 1996, lot 58.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
Literature
G. de Bartha and A. Duncan, Glass by Gallé, London, 1984, p. 63 (for related examples).
Émile Gallé: Collecting Nature, exh. cat., Pola Museum of Art, Hakone, 2018, pp. 72-79 (for related designs), 80-86 (for related examples).
FURTHER DETAILS
Christie's would like to thank François Le Tacon for his assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.
Special notice
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