A Rene Lalique Piriac vase, designed 1930, the flared cylindrical body moulded to the lower section with a border of entwined fish above stylised waves, in opalescent and frosted glass with remnant grey patina, acid etched R. Lalique France, 18 cm high. Provenance: A Good Two Day Decorative and Fine Art Sale, William S. Ellenden, Sydney, 21 March 1991, lot 441, 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. 1043, p. 447 (illustrated, another example)