This Symbolist vase by Philippe Wolfers, entitled La Nuit (The Night), features a dynamically pierced silver mount of remarkable fluidity. The festooned upper section is animated by three stylized eagle owls in relief, their forms descending into three tall handles articulated with pierced, projecting elements. The tripod base is composed of vegetal volutes terminating in whip-like curves (coup de fouet). Embracing a pear-shaped body in enamel on red copper, the silver mount frames a nocturnal scene of red and black bats in flight, silhouetted against a chromatic night sky of pink, deep blue, and navy tones.
