A Rene Lalique Espalion vase, designed 1927, the ovoid body moulded with overlapping fern leaves, in frosted and opalescent glass with a blue patina, inscribed R. Lalique France No. 996', 18 cm high. Provenance: Renee Antiques, New York, Mr Hans Mueller and Mrs Gertrud Mueller, Sydney, acquired from the above on 3 March 1990. Literature: Felix Marcilhac, R. Lalique, Catalogue Raisonne De L'Oeuvre de Verre, Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 2004, no. 996, p. 438 (illustrated, another example)