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Leaping gazelles, vase

Gabriel ARGY-ROUSSEAU
Leaping gazelles, vase
 (c. 1920)

Medium
glass (pâte-de-verre)

Measurements
9.3 × 12.0 cm diameter

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of the H. J. Heinz II Charitable and Family Trust, Governor, 1991

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Paris, France

Inscription
etched in right side above outside rim of base: G· ARGY- ROUSSEAU
etched in base c.: FRANCE

Accession Number
D6-1991

Department
International Decorative Arts

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited

Physical description
Pate de verre, flared rim, grey glass with mauve, orange & crimson, frieze of running deer.

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