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Lot 454 Dα

A pair of lion candelabra, large models by Emile Gallé

Auction 1220 - overview Cologne
17.05.2023, 14:00 - Furniture Decorative Arts
Estimate: 5.000 € - 6.000 €
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A pair of lion candelabra, large models
by Emile Gallé

Faience models of lions rampant decorated in the Imari style, holding armorial shields with seven-flame bronze candelabra. Both lions signed EG on the plinths with cross of Lorraine and Emile Gallé Nancy. H faience lions 65.3, H with candelabra 95 and 101 cm.
Nancy, around 1880.

Provenance

Geneva, Hôtel des Ventes on 30th September 2009, lot 765. - Private collection.

Literature

Cf. Garner, Emile Gallé, Munich 1979, ill. p. 61.

For the smaller versions s. Hakenjos, Keramik von Emile Gallé, Düsseldorf 1981, cat. No. 37 and cat. no. 42, the smaller example with the same decoration in the collection of the Württembergisches Landesmuseum Stuttgart, also with inserted bronze candelabra (inv.no. 1979-71).