Western European Art Glass and Ceramics

Vase with a frieze of comedy and tragedy masks

    Vase with a frieze of comedy and tragedy masks

    France, Paris

    Circa 1922

    Argy-Rousseau Gabriel

    Multi-layered glass; pâte-de-verre (glass paste)

    Height 25 cm, rim diameter 13 cm, base diameter 9.9 cm

    Cameo-press mark on the body: “G. Argy-Rousseau”; mark on the bottom: “FRANCE”

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    Сylinder-shaped vase with a rim widening towards the top, is resting on a solid, stable circular base. The piece is made of multi-layered glass using the pâte-de-verre (glass paste) technique. The central part of the body is decorated around its circumference with a high-relief frieze featuring expressive, grotesque theatrical masks of comedy and tragedy, separated by vertical geometric zigzag patterns. The composition is topped by a decorative belt of circular floral rosettes.

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