A Rene Lalique Perruches vase, designed 1919, the baluster body moulded with a repeating pattern depicting pairs of parakeets perched on branches against a leafy background, in opalescent and frosted glass with a grey patina, moulded R. Lalique, 25.5 cm high. Provenance: Decorative Arts, Furniture, Silver and Jewellery, Arms & Edged Weapons, Christie's Australia, Melbourne, 11 September 1995, lot 18, illustrated, Mr Hans Mueller and Mrs Gertrud Mueller, Sydney, acquired from the above. Literature: Felix Marcilhac, R. Lalique, Catalogue Raisonne De L'Oeuvre de Verre, Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 2004, no. 876, p. 410 (illustrated, another example)