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17 November 2022 - 15:00 (CET) -
37, rue des Mathurins - 75008 Paris
Despite its extremely short life span—less than a day, or even mere hours—the mayfly is an insect that did not escape the eye of Emile Gallé, well-known for his love of butterflies and dragonflies.
Here he uses his talent to capture them on a multi-layer crystal bowl (h. 13 cm/in, diam. 15.5 cm/ in), with a wheel-engraved decoration on a background…
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