A SHARKSKIN BOTTLE
1840-1880
Of flattened spade shape, the skin with attractive cell-patterning, the narrow sides with visible join, stopper
2 in. (5cm.) high
Provenance
Rolli Herman Collection
Ashkenazi & Co., San Francisco, 1981
Lot Essay
For a similar example, see Christie's, Hong Kong, 1 November 1994, lot 294.
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