December 5 & 6, 2018 Fine and Decorative Arts
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/5/2018
Well-executed pate de verre vase by G. Argy Rousseau in the Garden of Hesperides decor is decorated with a repeated Greek mythology scene of an evening nymph guarding the apple trees of Hera's garden following her marriage to Zeus. Each of the three maidens is done in bright fuchsia, under the red apples of the trees with dark violet branches and trunks, all over a stylized greek-key bottom border in dark purple and fuschia with bright purple mottled streaks in the background behind the trees and figures. Signed with molded "G Argy-Rousseau" on side of vase and "France" on the underside. This model is illustrated in the reference book "G. Argy-Rousseau, Glassware as Art" by J. Bloch-Dermant on the front cover, pgs.72-73 and pg.208, Fig.26.01. Very Good to Excellent.
Item Dimensions: 9 - 1/4" H.