RENÉ LALIQUE (1860-1945) Bellecourdit also Quatre moineaux, the model designed on [January 18, 1927], not reproduced after 1947 Rare baluster vase; the shoulder has a sharp edge and receives the sparrow decorations in the round, the neck is of the chimney type. The base in blown-molded glass; the handles, featuring sparrows, in hot-glued molded-pressed glass (ref. Marcilhac 993). Signed R. LALIQUE France n°993 under the base. Height: 30.5cm

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