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Lidded bowl with crystal inclusions
Foto: LVR-ZMB, Stefan Arendt

Lidded bowl with crystal inclusions, ca. 1882–1885

DesignÉmile Gallé, Nancy 1846–1904 Nancy
ExecutionBurgun, Schverer & Co., 1704–1969
Distributed byGallé (Maison), 1846–1936
Clear glass, inclusions, mould blown, etched, gilt, cut and engraved
(H x Ø)14,5 × 14,1 cm
Status
on display, room G09
About the workThis lidded bowl creates the impression that it is an Asian vessel studded with gold settings for precious stones. Depending on the way the light falls, it can make the gilding shine or the small ruby red glass crystals glow. The spiral cut lends these inlays a naturalistic element, as if they were fossils. The glass artist Émile Gallé used traditional glass decoration techniques to experiment with contemporary understandings of art, nature and otherness.
AccessionGift of Helmut Hentrich, 1972
Inventory numberP 1972-144 a,b
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