A Rene Lalique 'Espalion' vase, no. 996, designed 1927, the ovoid body moulded with overlapping fern leaves, in frosted and opaque glass, inscribed 'R. Lalique France No. 996', 18 cm high. Provenance: Fine & Decorative Arts & Antique Furniture, James R. Lawson, Sydney, 5 December 1989, lot 88. Literature: Felix Marcilhac, R. Lalique, Catalogue Raisonne De L'Oeuvre de Verre, Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 2004, no. 996, p. 438 (illustrated, another example)