Émile GALLÉ (1846-1904) Symbolist vase "Genesis" - 1898 Multi-layered crystal marquetry with polychrome inlay effects, decorated with a flight of butterflies chased on a wheel against a background of scrolls engraved in intaglio. Signed "Gallé" with a double line in the decoration H. 26 cm Source : Victor Arwas Collection, Quittenbaum Art Nouveau - Art Déco sale, 17 November 2020 in Munich, lot no. 208 A comparable example is in the collections of the Musée des Arts et Métiers under inventory number 13064-0000. Bibliography : Alastair Duncan, Georges de Bartha, Gallé le verre, Éditions Bibliothèque des Arts, Paris, 1985, p.101 n° 101 for a comparable copy. Tsuneo Yoshimizu, The Glass Arts Of Émile Gallé, Éditions Gakken Co. Ltd, Japan, 1985, no. 236 for a similar copy Kiyoshi Suzuki, Glass of art Nouveau: Collection of the Kitazawa Museum of Art, Mitsumura Suiko Shoin Publishing Co, Ltd, Japan, 1994, p.134 no.153 for a comparable copy Victor Arwas, Glass, Art nouveau to Art deco, Academy Editions, London, 1997, p.97 for our example Literature : François Le Tacon: Escape from the still shadows! Or la Genèse selon Émile Gallé d'après Leconte de Lisle. Mémoires de l'Académie de Stanislas, communication of 34 March 2021 Émile GALLÉ (1846-1904) A crystal "La genèse" vase by Émile Gallé, signed - 1898 H.: 10.24 in.