A Rene Lalique Ajaccio vase, designed 1938, the flared cylindrical body moulded to the lower section with gazelles at rest beneath a starry sky, in frosted and opalescent glass, acid etched R. Lalique France, 20 cm high. Provenance: Renee Antiques, New York, Mr Hans Mueller and Mrs Gertrud Mueller, Sydney, acquired from the above on 15 January 1987. Literature: Felix Marcilhac, R. Lalique, Catalogue Raisonne De L'Oeuvre de Verre, Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 2004, no. 10-914, p. 467 (illustrated, another example)