A Rene Lalique 'Biskra' vase, designed 1932, the tapering ovoid body moulded with broad veined leaves, in frosted and clear green glass, acid etched 'R. Lalique, 29 cm high. Provenance: Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 24 November 1997, lot 283, 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. 1078, p. 455 (illustrated, another example)