Vase in the form of a Mosque Lamp

Object Name: 
Vase in the form of a Mosque Lamp

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Object Name: 
Vase in the form of a Mosque Lamp
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
France, Nancy
Accession Number: 
69.3.9
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 21.6 cm; Top Diam: 13.1 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1878
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass (parts of the surface have been lightly iridized and appear pale purple); opaque red, white and blue enamels; yellow stain; and gold; mold-blown, iridized, acid-etched, enameled, gilded, silver stained. Signed beside pontil mark, EG [or similar]; underneath edge of foot, Galle [;] E Galle.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Davis, Cecil, Source
Category: 
Neo-Islamic
Modern
Color: 
colorless
purple
red
white
blue
yellow
gold
Technique: 
enameling
mold-blowing
iridescence
acid-etching
gilding
stained glass
Material: 
glass
enamel
gold
silver stain

Exhibitions (2)

Reflecting Antiquity: Modern Glass Inspired by Ancient Rome
Venue(s)
J. Paul Getty Museum 2007-10-18 through 2008-01-14
Corning Museum of Glass 2008-02-15 through 2008-05-27
Glass of the Sultans
Venue(s)
Benaki Museum
Corning Museum of Glass
Metropolitan Museum of Art
 

Publications (7)

Emīru gare no garasu: ketteiban; エミール・ガレのガラス : 決定版 / 山根郁信編 (2019) illustrated, p. 142;
Glass and Glassmaking in Damascus during the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries (2014) illustrated, p. 209, fig. 6; BIB# AI61536
Emile Galle (2013) illustrated, p. 50, # 87;
Glass of the Sultans (2001) illustrated, pp. 308-309, #155; BIB# 68105
Hikari no shouchu: sekai no garasu = The glass (1992) p. 59, #94; p. 197; BIB# 58995
History of Colors (1989-01)
Recent Important Acquisitions, 12 (1970) illustrated, p. 181, #61; BIB# AI97752