Portieux Vallerysthal Gourd-Shaped Enameled Glass Vase
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$3,500
This gourd-shaped enameled glass vase by Portieux Vallerysthal is richly adorned with vibrant squash blossoms and fluttering garden tiger moths. Alternating panels of clear and ruby-red glass create a striking visual rhythm, while blossoms in glowing shades of yellow and orange contrast beautifully with the green leaves and applied vines that wind gracefully around the form. Delicate gold and blue enamel accents heighten the vase’s luminous, garden-inspired design.
Item #: YG-21845
Artist: Portieux Vallerysthal
Country: France
Circa: 1898-1899
Dimensions: 8.75" height, 4" diameter.
Materials: Glass
Signed: Vallerysthal
Literature: A similar vase is pictured in: Glas des Art Nouveau: Die Sammlung Gerda Koepff, by Helmut Ricke and Eva Schmitt, Munich: Prestel, 1998, p. 172.
Item #: YG-21845
Artist: Portieux Vallerysthal
Country: France
Circa: 1898-1899
Dimensions: 8.75" height, 4" diameter.
Materials: Glass
Signed: Vallerysthal
Literature: A similar vase is pictured in: Glas des Art Nouveau: Die Sammlung Gerda Koepff, by Helmut Ricke and Eva Schmitt, Munich: Prestel, 1998, p. 172.
Vallerysthal’s masterful use of gold foil inclusions to achieve an evocative abstraction is particularly striking in this piece. The technique involved laying gold leaf over a thin film of blown glass and then pressing molten glass onto it, fusing the layers as the molten glass adhered through the pores of the metallic leaf. The resulting fritillated effect of the gold foil on the clear glass subtly evokes the delicate venation of squash leaves, blending naturalism and innovation with exceptional artistry.
Vallerysthal’s masterful use of gold foil inclusions to achieve an evocative abstraction is particularly striking in this piece. The technique involved laying gold leaf over a thin film of blown glass and then pressing molten glass onto it, fusing the layers as the molten glass adhered through the pores of the metallic leaf. The resulting fritillated effect of the gold foil on the clear glass subtly evokes the delicate venation of squash leaves, blending naturalism and innovation with exceptional artistry.
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