Lot 40
  • 40

René Lalique, 1860 - 1945

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 EUR
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Description

  • René Lalique
  • Vase Serpent, le modèle créé en 1924, non continué après 1947
  • Marque moulée sous la base R. Lalique

    'Serpent', an amber glass vase by René Lalique, designed in 1924, not produced after 1947. Intaglio moulded mark

  • Hauteur : 24,8 cm (9 3/4 in.)
de forme boule en verre ambre pressé moulé

Literature

Dan Klein, L'esprit Art Déco, éd. Flammarion, Paris, 1987, p. 70
Félix Marcilhac, R. Lalique, catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre de verre, éd. de l'Amateur, Paris,  1994, p. 416, répertorié sous le numéro 896
Alastair Duncan, Art Déco, encyclopédie des arts décoratifs des années vingt et trente, éd. Citadelles & Mazenod, Paris, 2010, p. 197

Condition

Tres bon état général. Une bulle éclatée en surface a 10 cm du bas du vase et quelques petites bulles éparses dans le verre. Petit éclat à la base d'environ 0,5 x 0,3 cm. Very good overall condition. A bursted bubble on the surface of the vase at 10 cm from its bottom and a few tiny bubbles in the glass. Small chip to the base on approximatively 0,5 x 0,3 cm.
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