Émile GALLÉ (1846-1904) Large "Butterflies" solifore - 1898 Marquetry on multi-layer crystal with filigree effects, decorated with a flight of lepidopterans engraved with a turret and chased in intaglio. Signed "Gallé" with a double line in the decoration H. 40 cm Source : Émile Gallé's personal collection, Gift to the current owner Bibliography : Tsuneo Yoshimizu, The Glass Arts Of Émile Gallé, Éditions Gakken Co. Ltd, Japan, 1985, no. 238 for a similar copy. Peter Forster, Sabine Panchaud, Radikal Schön - Jugendstil Und Symbolismus: Die Sammlung Ferdinand Wolfgang Neess, Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin-Munich, 2019, p.200 no. G 37 for a similar but mounted piece Émile GALLÉ (1846-1904) An important crystal "Papillons" soliflore by Émile Gallé, signed - 1898 H.: 15.75 in.