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(*) Émile GALLÉ (1846-1904)

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(*) Émile GALLÉ (1846-1904)
Transparent smoked glass baluster-shaped mosque lamp vase with high flared neck, decorated with polychrome enamel, Mamluk eulogistic inscriptions in Arabic thuluth script: "izz li-mawlana al-sultan al-malik al-'alim al-'adil al-malik Naser 'izz nasrahu" (Glory to our Master the Sultan the learned and just King al-Malik al-Nasir may his victory be glorious!) on the neck, friezes of flowers and interlacing, background of stylized flowers, the body adorned with three hot-applied handles.
Engraved and enamelled signature 'Gallé'. Circa 1884-1889.
28.5 x 20.7 cm Bibliography: - Collectif, "Emile Gallé et le verre, la collection du Musée de l'École de Nancy", Somogy Editions d'art, Paris, 2004, model to be compared with the one described and reproduced p. 106 under reference 137. Important note A similar vase is in the collections of the Musée de l'Ecole de Nancy (Inv. 386). We would like to thank Mme Blandine Otter, of the Musée de l'Ecole de Nancy, for the information she kindly provided.