Emile GALLE (1846 - 1904) Ovoid vase with a flared tubular neck and a slightly conical heel. Proof in lined orange glass on a yellow background with gold leaf. Decorated with sunflowers engraved in acid cameo and two cabochons of purple and green glass. Signed and marked deposited under the base. Height: 28 cm Bibliography: Alastair Duncan & Georges de Bartha, Glass by Gallé, Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1984, similar model referenced under n°281 and reproduced p. 187.

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