'PAPILLONS', A FINE OPALESCENT BRÛLE-PARFUMS

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'PAPILLONS', A FINE OPALESCENT BRÛLE-PARFUMS
BY RENE LALIQUE, MODEL INTRODUCED IN 1920

Cylindrical with domed cover, molded with butterflies, blue patina in recessed areas, molded in relief R. LALIQUE
7¼in. (18.5cm.) high

Lot Essay

cf. Felix Marcilhac, R. Lalique, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre de verre, Les éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, p.180 ref. no. 2650;
Nicholas M. Dawes, Lalique Glass, Crown Publishers Inc., NY, 1986, p.24; C. Vane Percy, The Glass of Lalique: a Collector's Guide, 1977, Blacker, Calmann Cooper Ltd., London, p.25