Émile GALLE (1846-1904) Bottle with shouldered conical body and tubular neck, base and top missing. Proof in mixed yellow and red opaline glass. Acid-etched decoration of violets and field flowers, enhanced with natural polychrome enamels and gilding (material defects on the neck, base and neck ground to accommodate a missing mount, small chips and burst firing bubbles). Signed and marked deposited. Height: 11 cm

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