AN ART NOUVEAU ENAMEL AND DIAMOND 'WASP' PENDANT/BROOCH, BY RENÉ LALIQUE

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AN ART NOUVEAU ENAMEL AND DIAMOND 'WASP' PENDANT/BROOCH, BY RENÉ LALIQUE
Modelled as five enamelled wasps, with window enamel and diamond-set long wings, to the enamel and gold bar-link chain, circa 1906, pendant 9.0 cm, chain 54.0 cm, with French assay marks for gold
Signed Lalique

Provenance

Michel Perinet

Literature

Y. Brunhammer, René Lalique Bijoux d'exception 1890-1912, Paris, Skira, 2007, p. 210 for the drawing of a similar pendant

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Lot Essay

Cf. M-P. Verneuil, 'L'art Décoratif aux Salons', Art et Décoration, 1908, p. 199 for the illustration of a similar model
Cf. S. Barten, René Lalique: Schmuck und Objets d’Art, 1890-1910, Munich, Prestal-Verlag, 1977, p. 436, ill. 1175 for the illustration of a similar jewel

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