Bonhams specialist Mark Oliver with the Lalique Alicante vase sold for £35,000.
A jade green Alicante vase took the highest price of the extensive René Lalique collection offered at Bonhams Knightsbridge (25/20/12.5% buyer’s premium) on February 21 – previewed in ATG No 2379.
The vase took £35,000 against an estimate of £20,000-30,000 and Bonhams says the figure is an auction record for the parrot-head, triple-cased, green, mould-blown model designed in 1927.