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 with a green patina, etched 'R. Lalique France, 25.5 cm diameter. Provenance: Mr Hans Mueller and Mrs Gertrud Mueller, Sydney. 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)