A Rene Lalique 'Biskra' vase, no. 1078, designed 1932, the tapering ovoid body moulded with broad veined leaves, in frosted and clear green glass, acid etched 'R. Lalique, 29 cm high. Provenance: Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 24 November 1997, lot 283. Literature: Felix Marcilhac, R. Lalique, Catalogue Raisonne De L'Oeuvre de Verre, Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 2004, no. 1078, p. 455 (illustrated, another example)