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Dr. Lennart Booij Fine Art & Rare Items

Emile Gallé (Nancy, 1846-1904)
Art Nouveau ceramic vase, circa 1889
This early Art Nouveau ceramic vase was fired with Japanese glaze and highlighted with a decoration of enamel and gold. Probably exhibited at the Paris World Exhibition of 1889
H 23 cm
Provenance: private collection, France
Literature: Bernd Hakenjos, Keramik von Emile Gallé, Düsseldorf 1981, p. 16 and p. 128 for the signature; Catalogue Gallé au Musée de l'Ecole de Nancy, Nancy 2014, p. 91 of a very similar vase