Lot Essay
For two identical bottles see Spink & Son Ltd., Ivories of China and the East, London, 1984, Catalogue, no. 174 and Christie's, New York, December 2, 1994, lot 544
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A PUMPKIN-SHAPED IVORY BOTTLE
19TH CENTURY
Naturalistically carved as an octagonal lobed gourd, the concave base carved with a small leafy stem, the ivory with an attractive soft polish, neck age crack--2in. (5cm.) high, stopper
19TH CENTURY
Naturalistically carved as an octagonal lobed gourd, the concave base carved with a small leafy stem, the ivory with an attractive soft polish, neck age crack--2in. (5cm.) high, stopper