Cloisonné water pot
The underside/interior of the gilded copper alloy cover has extensive shallow pitting from corrosion. The gilding on the cover, the foot, some cloisons and is partly abraded on the high relief, and almost entirely abraded from the top of the rim, consistent with a long period of use. The interior of the chipped glass liner has some undisturbed moth webbing, including the (empty) pupa of a case-bearing clothes moth attached by webbing to the side wall. The stone base may not be original. If a later addition, this is an old attachment. It has old, ink(?)-stained textile lining (no pest-damage) on the underside. There are no other signs of alteration or additions.
A cloisonné enamel water pot, cover and stand, a glass tube inside the pot to contain water. Qing dynasty.
History note: Acquired in New York City, circa 1950, and thence by descent; sold, Sotheby’s New York, 23 March 2022, lot.277; Edwin Mok and Bing Wu
Given by Edwin Mok and Bing Wu
Method of acquisition: Given (2022) by Mok, Edwin Wu, Bing
Accession number: O.1 A-C-2022
Primary reference Number: 311361
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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