ID 778896 
Lot 266  | ÉMILE GALLÉ (1846-1904)
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 30 000 
'Les Veilleuses' or 'Colchiques' Vase, circa 1897-1898
internally decorated, wheel carved glass with marqueterie-sur-verre colchicum
17 1⁄2 in. (44.5 cm) high, 4 3⁄4 in. (12 cm) diameter
engraved Gallé
Literature
R. and L. Grover, Carved & Decorated European Art Glass, Rutland, 1970, p. 191, ill. 328
H. Hilschenz, Das Glas des Jugenstils: Katalog der Sammlung Hentrich im Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Munich, 1973, p. 262, no. 198
P. Garner, Emile Gallé, New York, 1979, p. 17
J. Bloch-Dermant, The Art of French Glass 1860-1914, New York, 1980, p. 62
A. Duncan and G. de Bartha, Glass by Gallé, 1984, p. 33, pl. 1c and 92, pl. 129
T. Newark, The Art of Emile Gallé, London, 1989, p. 33
P. Thiébaut, Les dessins de Gallé, Paris, 1993, p. 31 (for a sketch of this design)
H. Ricke, Glaskunst: Reflex der Jahrhunderte, Meisterwerke aus dem Glasmuseum Hentrich des Kunstmuseums Düsseldorf im Ehrenhof, Munich, 1995, p. 150, no. 232
Emile Gallé: Meditation of the Fin de Siècle, exh. cat., Suwa, Kitazawa Museum, 1996, p. 119, no. 97
K.-J. Sembach, Art Nouveau, Utopia: Reconciling the Irreconcilable, Cologne, 1996, p. 69
A. Duncan, The Paris Salons 1895-1914, Volume IV: Ceramics & Glass, Suffolk, 1998, p. 204
F. Le Tacon, L'Oeuvre de Verre d'Emile Gallé, Paris, 1998, p. 118
M. Draguet, Treasures of Art Nouveau Through the collections of Anne-Marie Gillion Crowet, Milan, 1999, pp. 21, 129, 185, 196 (for a related example)
Émile Gallé et Le Verre: La Collection du Musée de L'École de Nancy, Nancy, 2004, p. 137, no. 222
F. Le Tacon, Emile Gallé, L'Amour de l'Art, Paris, 2008, p. 173
B. Hakenjos, Emile Gallé: Keramik, Glas und Möbel des Art Nouveau, vol. 2, Munich, 2012, p. 100, no. 200
Post lot text
Christie's would like to thank François Le Tacon for his assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.
| Artist: | Émile Gallé (1846 - 1904) | 
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| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe | 
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps | 
| Artist: | Émile Gallé (1846 - 1904) | 
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| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe | 
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps | 
| Address of auction | CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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