Water dropper

Museum number:
9-12672
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090012672
Alternate number:
1584 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.07
Description:
Water dropper; glazed white porcelain, floral brush mark decoration in blue on flat top. Straight, hexagonal sides with cloud squiggles in blue on three panels. Flat, unglazed bottom. Top has center hole, hole in angle of side two side panels. 2 1/2” (6.2 cm) diameter, 3/8” (2.2 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 9-12672, described as Water dropper; glazed white porcelain, floral brush mark decoration in blue on flat top. Straight, hexagonal sides with cloud squiggles in blue on three panels. Flat, unglazed bottom. Top has center hole, hole in angle of side two side panels. 2 1/2” (6.2 cm) diameter, 3/8” (2.2 cm) high.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Water dropper, accession number 9-12672, described as Water dropper; glazed white porcelain, floral brush mark decoration in blue on flat top. Straight, hexagonal sides with cloud squiggles in blue on three panels. Flat, unglazed bottom. Top has center hole, hole in angle of side two side panels. 2 1/2” (6.2 cm) diameter, 3/8” (2.2 cm) high.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Water dropper, accession number 9-12672, described as Water dropper; glazed white porcelain, floral brush mark decoration in blue on flat top. Straight, hexagonal sides with cloud squiggles in blue on three panels. Flat, unglazed bottom. Top has center hole, hole in angle of side two side panels. 2 1/2” (6.2 cm) diameter, 3/8” (2.2 cm) high.

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