Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2021.

Japonisme Vase with Umbrels

Manufacturer Cristallerie d'Émile Gallé (French, 19th Century)

CultureFrench

Dateca. 1874-1904

MediumGlass | Enamel

Dimensions18 × 8 in. (45.7 × 20.3 cm)
Overall, Rim: 5 11/16 in. (14.4 cm)

InscribedSigned in relief on the lower side: "Gallé".

Credit LineGift of Jean Outland Chrysler

Object number71.6637

Not on view

DescriptionVase. Elongated urn shape with a short neck and narrow flaring rim. Amber/brown acid-cut with a textured background and enameled in mauves, blues, tans, gray and gilt. Rather stylized chervil plant design in the Japanese taste with horizontal clouds, etc. (Chervil-cow parsley).

Label TextJAPONISME VASE WITH UMBRELS Christallerie d'Emile Galle, Nancy, France Ca. 1900 Blown glass, acid-etched, enameled, gilded. Mark: in relief on lower side Galle Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler 71.6627Published ReferencesCorning Exhibition Catalog, EMILE GALLE DREAMS INTO GLASS, #6, pp. 54-55, a duplicate illus., from collection of Musee de L'Ecole de Nancy, Nancy, France-called "Meadow Heracleum". Nancy O. Merrill, A CONCISE HISTORY OF GLASS: REPRESENTED IN THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM GLASS COLLECTION, (The Chrysler Museum: Norfolk, VA, 1989), 48-49 for artist info. Jeff Harrison, _Collecting with Vision: Treasures From the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (London: D. Giles Ltd., 2007), 131, fig. 160. ISBN: 978-0-940744-72-1