Rare René Lalique 'Frise aigles' at Bonhams Sells for £43,230

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A very rare and unusual René Lalique vase was one of the highlights of Bonhams The Colours of René Lalique and Design from 1860 Sale in London on 12 June 2012, has sold for £43,250, against an estimate of £5,000-£7,000.

Pictured left: Pictured left: René Lalique ‘Frise Aigles’ a Vase Verre Soufflé-Moulé ,design 1911, an early cameo technique vase overlaid with red and black enamel and polished. 31cm high, engraved to foot rim ‘R.Lalique’ (chip to foot rim) Sold for £43,230 at Bonhams, London, June 2012. Image Copyright Bonhams,

The Frise aigles (eagles’ frieze) is known in only two other versions; one in black glass with no design to the body, and a green glass version in the collection of Lalique’s granddaughter, Marie-Claude. The early, 1911, cameo technique vase overlaid with red and black enamel and polished clear glass version offered by Bonhams was unrecorded, and there was a great deal of interest in the piece.

Pictured right and left: 1929 ‘Montargis’ Vase which sold for £44,450 and a 1921 ‘Archers’ Vase which sold for £23,750. Image Copyright Bonhams,

Other auction highlights included: a 1929 ‘Montargis’ Vase, in black glass, heightened with staining 21cm high, moulded ‘R.Lalique’ and engraved ‘R.Lalique France’ which sold for £44,450; a René Lalique ‘Archers’ a Vase, design 1921 caramel and cased opalescent glass, with staining 26.7cm high, moulded ‘R. Lalique’ which sold for £23,750.