A Rene Lalique 'Ceylan' vase, designed 1924, the tapering body moulded with pairs of budgerigars amongst stylised foliage, in opalescent glass with blue patina, wheel-cut 'R. Lalique France', 24 cm high. Provenance: George and Janice Rayner, Melbourne. Literature: Felix Marcilhac, R. Lalique, catalogue Raisonne de L'Oeuvre de verre, Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1994, no. 905, p. 418 (another example, illustrated)