A Rene Lalique Sophora vase, designed 1926, the compressed ovoid body boldly moulded with stylised branches and leaves, in grey glass with a grey patina, inscribed R. Lalique France, 26 cm high. Provenance: Galerie Moderne, London, Mr Hans Mueller and Mrs Gertrud Mueller, Sydney, acquired from the above on 14 August 1991. Literature: Felix Marcilhac, R. Lalique, Catalogue Raisonne De L'Oeuvre de Verre, Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 2004, no. 977, p. 434 (illustrated, another example)