Lot Essay
Simmen and O'Kin were friends of Marcel Wolfers.
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A MINIATURE STONEWARE VASE WITH IVORY STOPPER
BY HENRI SIMMEN, THE STOPPER BY O'KIN, CIRCA 1922
The bulbous body with rich metallic grey/black glaze incised with bold swirls, the ivory stopper carved with lobing and set with a ring of tiny gold pins around the spherical finial, centred with a single gold pin, heightened with black staining, incised monogram on body H.S..
2 3/8in. (6cm.) high
BY HENRI SIMMEN, THE STOPPER BY O'KIN, CIRCA 1922
The bulbous body with rich metallic grey/black glaze incised with bold swirls, the ivory stopper carved with lobing and set with a ring of tiny gold pins around the spherical finial, centred with a single gold pin, heightened with black staining, incised monogram on body H.S..
2 3/8in. (6cm.) high
Provenance
Marcel Wolfers, thence by descent.