Water dropper

Museum number:
9-12658
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090012658
Alternate number:
1589 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.07
Description:
Water holder; green black stone, circular, flat bottom and slightly convex top with two incised bands on circumference, one hole with incised band in top center, small spout on circumference; mixing ink, Yi period (1392-1910). 2 5/8” (6.7 cm) diameter, 1 1/4” (3.2 cm) high.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and George H. Kerr
Collection place:
Korea
Verbatim coll. place:
Korea; Doc
Object type:
ethnography
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 9-12658, described as Water holder; green black stone, circular, flat bottom and slightly convex top with two incised bands on circumference, one hole with incised band in top center, small spout on circumference; mixing ink, Yi period (1392-1910). 2 5/8” (6.7 cm) diameter, 1 1/4” (3.2 cm) high.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Water dropper, accession number 9-12658, described as Water holder; green black stone, circular, flat bottom and slightly convex top with two incised bands on circumference, one hole with incised band in top center, small spout on circumference; mixing ink, Yi period (1392-1910). 2 5/8” (6.7 cm) diameter, 1 1/4” (3.2 cm) high.

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