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* Émile GALLÉ (1846-1904). Superb stanniferous earthenware s…
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* Émile GALLÉ (1846-1904). Superb stanniferous earthenware s…
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Estimate €200 - €1,000
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Description
* Émile GALLÉ (1846-1904).
Superb stanniferous earthenware stoup with a Lorraine cross, decorated with polychrome and gilded enamels in the style of Byzantine cloisonné enamels and numbered "AM" on an oval-shaped wall plaque in stained wood with an engraved decoration of 12 Lorraine crosses.
Handwritten signature enamelled and engraved in the decoration, circa 1876.
D. stoup: 36 × 16.5 cm.
Total diameter with base: 43 × 21 cm.
Magnificent neo-medieval and neo-Byzantine decoration with the Christic or Rosicrucian symbol of the mystical pelican feeding its children with its blood by piercing its heart.
Bibliography:
- Musée Départemental George De La Tour Vic-Sur-Seille, Émile Gallé: Nature & Symbolisme, influences du Japon, exhibition catalogue, Edition Serge Domini, 2009: a stoup with the model (shape) reproduced on p. 101. And above all, reproduced on the same page, a study drawing by Gallé representing the mystical pelican. This drawing is in the collections of the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, OAO 1986, donated by Jean Bourgogne, Emile Gallé's grandson.
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About the sale
Sale of the Collection of Mr L. & à Divers: Émile GALLÉ earthenware, Majorelle, Saint-Clément, Glassware, Bronzes
Auction location
Auction time
06/10/2026 at 2:00 PM
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