A Rene Lalique Medaillons vase, designed 1937, the tapering cylindrical body moulded with cartouches depicting female portraits, in frosted and clear glass, acid etched R. Lalique France, 18 cm high. Provenance: Fine European and Oriental Furniture, Ceramics, Silver and Jewellery, Sotheby's Australia, Sydney, 9 July 1990, lot 258, 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. 10-916, p. 468 (illustrated, another example)