Description: A René Lalique 'Danaides' vase, no. 972, designed 1926
the tapering cylindrical body moulded with a continuous design depicting female water carriers, each with a gourd raised to her shoulder, in frosted and opalescent glass, wheel-cut 'R. LALIQUE'
18.5 cm high
PROVENANCE
Tim D. Goodman's, Sydney, 29 October 1991
LITERATURE
Félix Marcilhac,
R. Lalique, Catalogue Raisonné De L'Oeuvre de Verre, Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 2004, no. 972, p. 433 (illustrated, another example)