A Rene Lalique Damiers vase, designed 1935, the flared cylindrical body moulded with a repeating pattern reminiscent of a chequerboard, in frosted and clear glass with a grey patina, acid etched R. Lalique France, 23.5 cm high. 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. 10-886, p. 461 (illustrated, another example)