a grand Art Nouveau patinated bronze vase, Stockholm ca 1900.
Relief decoration of hazel pendants and butterflies, signed around the base HUGO ELMQVIST A.B E. Gj-metod (which was his own company where he had a patented way of bronze making). Height 47 cm.
Minor wear.
Reportedly this vase was given as a gift from a Swedish actor to the Norwegian opera house (den Norska Folkoperan) around the turn of the century 1900. The Opera house later sold it at an auction.