ÉMILE GALLÉ (1846-1904 )Flight of a lepidopteran among the "gaillardes", the model designed around [1880] Rare vase reminiscent of an oriental perfume burner; baluster-shaped with two small detached handles and two wings shaped and stretched with pliers and then glued together with hot glue. Glass proof, very slightly smoked grey-blue, with a rotating decoration made with polychrome enamels and baked gold. The lower parts of the detached handles are lightly sandblasted, a small shock and are missing at the base of one of the fins. Signed Émile GALLÉ under the base. Height : 15.5 cmBibliography : Janine Bloch-Dermant - L'Art du verre en France 1860-1914 - Éditions Édita & Denoël, Pairs, 1974 . Work of the same shape but with a different decoration reproduced on page 98.