Emile Gallé, Stick vase with scaly root and a verse by Victor Hugo, Acquired by the artist at the Paris World Exhibition 1900, glass, flashed over, Total: Height: 36,8 cm; Diameter: 12,7 cm, signed: engraved and gilded on the plant stem GALLÉ (in vertical arrangement), inscribed: on the base: engraved and gilded expos. 1900, inscription: on the reverse: engraved and gilded Verse by Victor Hugo: O Nature profonde et calme, que t'importe!/ Tu fais un grand labeur,/ Saint et mystérieux/ Par degré, lentement, on voit, sous ton haleine/ La Liberté sortir de l'herbe de la plaine/ Victor Hugo

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