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Caryatides, covered vase

Caryatides, covered vase
(Cariatides)
designed (1920); manufactured (1928-1937)

Medium
glass (colour stained)

Measurements
(a-b) 20.7 × 18.2 cm diameter (overall)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria from the Bequest of Violet Dulieu, Founder Benefactor, 1997

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Wingen-sur-Moder, France

Inscription
(a) acid etched in inside rim of base: R. Lalique France No 924 (line under o)

Accession Number
1997.316.a-b

Department
International Decorative Arts

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Physical description
In colourless glass, the jar rises from a flat base to a high shoulder. Lid is slightly domed. Body of jar is moulded with eight vertical panels, each in the form of a caryatid. Traces of blue stain.