A Rene Lalique 'Perruches' bowl, designed 1931, the shallow ovoid body moulded with a continuous design depicting parakeets perched amongst blossoming branches, in frosted, clear and opalescent glass, etched 'R. Lalique France, 24.5 cm diameter. Provenance: Deceased Estates et al, Dalia Stanley & Company, Sydney, 18 February 1996, lot 80, 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. 419, p. 302 (illustrated, another example)