EMILE GALLé, FRENCH (1846-1904)A very fine internally decorated fire-polished cameo glass vase with applied decoration, 'Sunflowers' circa 190013.75 in. (34.9 cm.) highsigned in cameo Gallé ProvenanceSotheby's New YorkDecember 18, 2003, lot 266Emile Gallé was a master craftsman who skillfully interpreted the natural world using different shapes and shades of glass and crystal. His pioneering techniques are said to have ‘inscribed in matter the emotion of life’.