Water dropper

Museum number:
9-12674
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090012674
Alternate number:
1586 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.07
Description:
Water dropper; white porcelain, floral decoration painted in underglaze blue, wavy lines in underglaze blue on each side. Top much worn. Flat top with straight sides forming hexagon. Flat, unglazed bottom. Two holes on top, one in center and one in angle of two sides. 1 1/2” (3.6 cm) diameter, 1 1/16” (1.9 cm) high.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and George H. Kerr
Collection place:
Korea
Verbatim coll. place:
Korea; Li Dynasty
Collection date:
before 1957
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Porcelain (visual works)
Function:
7.1 Writing and Records (including religious texts)
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Water dropper, accession number 9-12674, described as Water dropper; white porcelain, floral decoration painted in underglaze blue, wavy lines in underglaze blue on each side. Top much worn. Flat top with straight sides forming hexagon. Flat, unglazed bottom. Two holes on top, one in center and one in angle of two sides. 1 1/2” (3.6 cm) diameter, 1 1/16” (1.9 cm) high.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Water dropper, accession number 9-12674, described as Water dropper; white porcelain, floral decoration painted in underglaze blue, wavy lines in underglaze blue on each side. Top much worn. Flat top with straight sides forming hexagon. Flat, unglazed bottom. Two holes on top, one in center and one in angle of two sides. 1 1/2” (3.6 cm) diameter, 1 1/16” (1.9 cm) high.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Water dropper, accession number 9-12674, described as Water dropper; white porcelain, floral decoration painted in underglaze blue, wavy lines in underglaze blue on each side. Top much worn. Flat top with straight sides forming hexagon. Flat, unglazed bottom. Two holes on top, one in center and one in angle of two sides. 1 1/2” (3.6 cm) diameter, 1 1/16” (1.9 cm) high.

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