New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Libations Vase

Manufacturer Gabriel Argy-Rousseau (French, 1885-1953)

CultureFrench

Dateca. 1924

MediumPâte de verre

DimensionsOverall: 11 5/8 in. (29.5 cm)
Overall, Rim: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)

InscribedImpressed on lower side: "G-ARGY-ROUSSEAU" and on bottom: "FRANCE".

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.6457

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-8, Case 47

DescriptionUrn shaped vase of pate de verre glass. Tans and yellow in buff with two central panels. One on each side of a carved and molded framed 6" x 4.5" picture of an Egyptian-like woman carrying an urn. All with appropriate colors. Between the pictures are two sections of geometric design of round spoked wafers, five across and four down.

Label TextGabriel Argy-Rousseau French (1885-1953) Libations Vase, ca. 1924 Pâte de verre (glass), 11 5/8 in. Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.6457Published ReferencesGrover, CARVED AND DECORATED EUROPEAN ART GLASS, pl. 113, 89, ill. N. Daum, LA PATE DE VERRE, ill. 166. Arwas, ART NOUVEAU TO ART DECO, 18-21. J. Bloch-Dermant, G. ARGY-ROUSSEAU, 196, Cat. Raisonne 24.01. Lesieutre, ART DECO, #208, named water jug carrier "Libation". Jeff Harrison, _Collecting with Vision: Treasures From the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (London: D. Giles Ltd., 2007), 136, fig. 168. ISBN: 978-0-940744-72-1