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Bacchantes Vase

Manufacturer René Lalique (French, 1860-1945)

CultureFrench

Dateca. 1927-1945

MediumMolded glass

DimensionsOverall: 9 5/8 in. (24.4 cm)
Overall, Rim: 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm)

InscribedImpressed on bottom: "R. Lalique France".

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.6390

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 231

DescriptionClear opalescent glass vase. Slightly flaring cylinder. Molded with ten nude women in various poses with feet at the narrow plain bottom rim. The heads are just below the plain top rim. Background is rough. All frosted. Model #997.

Exhibition History"Garden Reflections: Art Nouveau & Art Deco Glass from the Chrysler," Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA, April 1 - 25, 1999. Published ReferencesRay and Lee Grover. CARVED & DECORATED EUROPEAN ART GLASS. Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle. 1970. Plate 342, p. 198. Chrysler Museum NEWSLETTER, Dec. 1972, article & illustration. René Lalique. LALIQUE GLASS: THE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE FOR 1932. Reprint: 1981. Corning: Corning Museum of Glass and Dover Publications. Planche 20, no. 997. Félix Marcilhac. RENÈ LALIQUE, 1860-1945: MAÎTRE-VERRIER: ANALYSE DE L'OEUVRE ET CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ. Paris: Editions de l'Amateur. 1994. No. 997, p. 438.