Lot 38
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'PENTHIEVRE', AN EXTREMELY RARE MOLDED BLUE GLASS VASE

Details
'PENTHIEVRE', AN EXTREMELY RARE MOLDED BLUE GLASS VASE
BY RENE LALIQUE, MODEL INTRODUCED IN 1928

Spherical with flattened, everted rim, molded all over with rows of stylized angel fish, the recessed areas frosted, acid stamped
R. LALIQUE.
10¼in (26cm.) high

Lot Essay

This vase is inspired by one of a series of exceptional designs conceived by Suzanne Lalique in 1926.

cf. Felix Marcilhac, R. Lalique, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre de verre, Les éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, ref. no. 1011;
C. Vane Percy, The Glass of Lalique: a Collector's Guide, 1977, Blacker, Calmann Cooper Ltd., London, p. 59