ERNEST LEVEILLE – “A TETE DE CHIMERE” VASE, CIRCA 1885

“A TETE DE CHIMERE” VASE, CIRCA 1885
Crackled glass with glass powder inclusions, with applied side motifs depicting chimeras
Height: 20.5 cm.

Unsigned. This model was originally created by Eugène Rousseau, who did not always sign his works. It also exists in a 26 cm version with engraved chimeras and rabbit. (L’Art du verre en France, p. 35)

Bibliography
B. Klesse et H. Mayr, Glas vom Jugendstil bis heute, Sammlung Gertrud und Dr. Karl Funke-Kaiser, Cologne, 1981, p. 333, n. 243
G. Cappa, L’Europe de l’art verrier, des précurseurs de l’art nouveau à l’art actuel, 1850-1990, Liège, 1991, p. 393, n. 702

Provenance
Stern family
Then by descent