A rare René Lalique 'Bacchantes' vase, designed 1927
Estimate $25,000 – $35,000
PROPERTY FROM THE HANS & GERTRUD MUELLER COLLECTION, SYDNEY
the cylindrical body moulded with a continuous scene depicting dancing maidens, in frosted and clear amber glass, wheel-cut 'R. LALIQUE FRANCE'
24.5 cm high
- Lot Sold $25,000 (Hammer Price)
- $30,500 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Decorative Arts, Furniture, Silver and Jewellery, Christie's Australia, Melbourne, 25 March 1996, lot 23, illustrated
Mr Hans Mueller and Mrs Gertrud Mueller, Sydney, acquired from the above
Literature
Félix Marcilhac, R. Lalique, Catalogue Raisonné De L'Oeuvre de Verre, Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 2004, no. 997, p. 438 (illustrated, another example)
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