Water dropper

Museum number:
9-12666
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1578 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.07
Description:
Water dropper; porcelain, grey with faintly greenish glaze and underglaze blue painted indistinct design on top. Crazed and worn on top. Cut into seven straight side panels with domed top. Faint blue design on top. Sides angle to round foot. Spout placed off-center near top of one side panel. Hole in top. 2 3/4” (7.0 cm) diameter, 1 3/4” (5 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 9-12666, described as Water dropper; porcelain, grey with faintly greenish glaze and underglaze blue painted indistinct design on top. Crazed and worn on top. Cut into seven straight side panels with domed top. Faint blue design on top. Sides angle to round foot. Spout placed off-center near top of one side panel. Hole in top. 2 3/4” (7.0 cm) diameter, 1 3/4” (5 cm) high.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Water dropper, accession number 9-12666, described as Water dropper; porcelain, grey with faintly greenish glaze and underglaze blue painted indistinct design on top. Crazed and worn on top. Cut into seven straight side panels with domed top. Faint blue design on top. Sides angle to round foot. Spout placed off-center near top of one side panel. Hole in top. 2 3/4” (7.0 cm) diameter, 1 3/4” (5 cm) high.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Water dropper, accession number 9-12666, described as Water dropper; porcelain, grey with faintly greenish glaze and underglaze blue painted indistinct design on top. Crazed and worn on top. Cut into seven straight side panels with domed top. Faint blue design on top. Sides angle to round foot. Spout placed off-center near top of one side panel. Hole in top. 2 3/4” (7.0 cm) diameter, 1 3/4” (5 cm) high.

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