Lingzhi Pod

1760-1900
Height, including original stopper: 7.29 cm
Mouth/lip: 0.50/1.61 cm
Stopper: white copper, with an integral collar of formalized petals; original

Provenance:
John Ault
Robert Kleiner, March 2013

 

Seed pod and white copper; with a flat lip and no functional foot; a natural seed pod, with neck and shoulder mantel in white copper in the form of formalized lingzhi heads.

Alexander Whittaker