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, inscribed 'R. Lalique France No. 1043', 18 cm high. Provenance: William S. Ellenden, Sydney, Mr Hans Mueller and Mrs Gertrud Mueller, Sydney, acquired from the above on 9 April 1990. 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)