A Rene Lalique 'Pivoines' vase, designed 1937, the cylindrical body moulded with peony flowers drifting in a breeze, in frosted and opalescent glass, acid etched 'R. Lalique France, 16.5 cm high. Provenance: Fine Antique Furniture and Decorative Arts, Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 18 June 1990, lot 536, 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. 10-908, p. 466 (illustrated, another example)