* Émile GALLÉ (1846-1904). - Lot 126

* Émile GALLÉ (1846-1904). Very rare vase with lenticular body and side handle in the shape of a gnarled pine branch, treated in Japanese-style stylized trompe l'oeil. It is made of tin-glazed earthenware with polychrome enamel, gold highlights and painted decoration of a landscape with a river and castle on one side, and a naturalistic floral composition on the other. Enameled signature and stamp on reverse, circa 1885. H. 16 cm. Bibliography: - Poulain-Le Fur, Important ensemble d'œuvres d'art par Émile Gallé provenant de la succession de Monsieur L. et à Divers, sale Friday April 9, 1999, Drouot Richelieu salle 6: a model similar in form is reproduced on p. 46. A pivotal piece between the earthenware tradition and the Art Nouveau that Gallé would develop in glass. - Musée du Luxembourg, Gallé, Paris, 1985-1986. éd. des musées nationaux: a similar model p. 97, no. 12. - Nancy 1900, Jugendstil in Lothringen, Münchner stadtmuseum, 1980, reproduced under no. 140 p. 209 and no. 141 pp. 210-211.