HUGO ELMQUIST (1862-1930) Sweden
Butterfly vase c. 1904
Patinated bronze with rich green brown patina, low relief butterfly and vines with two articulated handles.
Marks: Hugo Elmquist Firenze (incised initials)
Other examples illustrated: Modernism: Modernist Design 1880-1940, The Norwest Collection, Norwest Corporation, Minneapolis, Alastair Duncan (Woodbridge, Suffolk, England: The Antique Collector’s Club, 1998), p. 85; Die Jugendstil-Sammlung, Heinz Spielmann, et. al., vol. 1, Künstler A-F (Hamburg: Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, 1979), p. 451, illus. 635.
H: 9 1/2″ x Dia: 3 1/2″
Price: $2,800
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