Lot Essay
This unusual and particularly pleasing small bottle was made by polishing and hollowing a natural nugget of amber of the type known as 'root amber.'
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1730-1840
Details
A SMALL ROOT-AMBER BOTTLE
1730-1840
Of small irregular ovoid form, the highly polished material of dark brown color with patches of russet and cafe-au-lait around the base and mouth, stopper
1 5/8in. (4cm.) high
1730-1840
Of small irregular ovoid form, the highly polished material of dark brown color with patches of russet and cafe-au-lait around the base and mouth, stopper
1 5/8in. (4cm.) high
Provenance
David Borowitz Collection.
Christie's, New York, 23 February 1982, lot 60.
Christie's, New York, 23 February 1982, lot 60.