Lot 7
7
'QUATRE PAPILLONS', A MOLDED GLASS BOX AND COVER

Details
'QUATRE PAPILLONS', A MOLDED GLASS BOX AND COVER
BY RENE LALIQUE, MODEL INTRODUCED IN 1911

Circular, molded with four butterflies, sienna patina in recessed areas, molded in relief LALIQUE DEPOSE
3 1/8in. (8cm.) high

Lot Essay

cf. Felix Marcilhac, R. Lalique, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre de verre, Les éditions de l'Amateur, Paris p.225, #14;
Museum catalogue, René Lalique Museum, Suwa, Japan, 1992, p. 62;
René Lalique exhibition catalogue, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan 23 May-12 July 1992, p. 204; René Lalique exhibition catalogue, Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, October 22 1991-March 8 1992, no. 106