Vase in Luminous Green Glass Paste, 19Th Century

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VASE IN LUMINOUS GREEN GLASS PASTE, 19TH CENTURY

FOR SALE ANTIQUE DEALER Period: 19° secolo - 1800 Laboratorio la Mole Torino Style: Art Déco +39011 19 467 664 393357352986 Height:19cm Material:Vetro Price:1900€

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VASE IN BRIGHT GREEN GLASS PASTE, 19TH CENTURY SIGNED JEAN DAUM NANCY Rare vase in acid-worked glass paste with gold decorations, the size makes it rare for collectors. The work datable between 1892-1894 is signed by the artist with CROCE DI LORENA. SIZE: 19.5 CM The CROSS OF LORENA is a symbol in the shape of a cross with a double cross (patriarchal cross). The patriarchal cross, called the cross of Anjou then of Lorraine, appears in the coat of arms of the dukes of Anjou who became dukes of Lorraine from 1473 (Renato II 1451 - 1508, son of Iolanda d'Angiò). It owes its shape to the Christian cross; the small upper crossbar represents the titulus crucis, that is the inscription that Pontius Pilate would have placed on the cross of Jesus: "Jesus Nazarene, king of the Jews", abbreviated to "INRI" (from the Latin Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum). It represents a reliquary containing a fragment of the true cross, venerated by the Dukes of Anjou, starting with Louis I (1339 - 1384) who had it embroidered on his banner. This reliquary, now kept in Baugé, has a double crossbar. The symbol was adopted by all members of Free France and would later appear on numerous commemorative insignia and medals. The cross of Lorraine is also represented on some monuments and on postage stamps issued under the government of General De Gaulle. The pennant on de Gaulle's official car was the Lorraine cross tricolor, but the General did not include it on the French Republic tricolor or among its official symbols. However, it was later used, in Colombey-les-deux-Églises, as a monument in honor of the late General and placed near his tomb. LUMEGGIATURA is a technique of painting and drawing. Unlike shading, it is based on lightening the highlighted areas with respect to the base color. The origin of the highlighting dates back to the very birth of painting, when we moved from the graphic rendering of the line and flat colors to the rendering of depth and chiaroscuro colors. Painting and highlighting techniques were introduced by the artists of Hellenistic Greece starting with Apelles. All the artists of the history of art have then used this

1 / 3 anticSwiss 30/09/2021 12:08:31 http://www.anticswiss.com technique, until reaching results of great mastery in the Renaissance period. DAUM was a glassworks from Nancy in France, founded in 1878 by Jean Daum (1825–1885). His sons, Auguste Daum (1853–1909) and Antonin Daum (1864–1931), oversaw its growth during the Art Nouveau period. Daum is just the commercial brand of crystal art objects produced with the use of pasta of glass and a technique of melting in a refractory mold with subsequent baking in the oven. During the 1900 Paris Universal Exhibition, Daum won a 'Grand Prix' medal. Daum's glass became more and more elaborate, treated with acid (by Jacques Grüber) and often worked as a sculpture, the object of enamelling and engraving on a single piece of glass for the production of creative objects. The more elaborate creations contain glass applications, such as handles and ornamental motifs in naturalistic forms. The Daum brothers quickly became one of the main forces of the Art Nouveau movement, seriously rivaling Gallé, so much so that when he died in 1904 they became the leaders in the decorated glass industry. In 1906 Daum dusted off glass paste, an ancient Egyptian method of melting glass, developing the method so that by the 1930s the glass panes in Daum's windows were colored glass in paste, rather than leaded or painted glass. Even today Daum uses this method to produce his objects. https://www.anticswiss.com/en/fine-art-antiques/vase-in-luminous-green-glass-paste-19th-century-22699

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