A FRENCH GILT, SILVERED AND PATINATED-BRONZE VASE 'FLEURS DE GLYCINE', BY CHRISTOFLE & CIE, DESIGNED BY EMILE-ALPHONSE REIBER, PARIS, CIRCA 1874

A FRENCH GILT, SILVERED AND PATINATED-BRONZE VASE 'FLEURS DE GLYCINE'
BY CHRISTOFLE & CIE, DESIGNED BY EMILE-ALPHONSE REIBER, PARIS, CIRCA 1874
The shaped foliate cast rim above a geometric inlay decorated neck set to front and back with a relief-cast stork and flanked by loop handles, the bulbous body decorated with bamboo and flowering wisteria, above a Greek key enamelled band and scrolled apron and feet, signed 'CHRISTOFLE ET CIE' and numbered '853243'
11 3/8 in. (29 cm.) high

Literature
A. Quantin / V. Champier, Revue des Arts Décoratifs, Troisième Année, Paris, 1882-83 (a vase of this model illustrated).

Exhibited
'Vase (fleurs de glycine) en bronze polychrome, exécuté par MM. Christofle', Exposition de Bordeaux, 1882 (a vase of this model).