Water dropper

Museum number:
9-12657
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1588 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.07
Description:
Water holder; stone, rectangular with flat bottom, slightly convex top with center hole and hole at corner of top, stone is mottled green, black and brown; mixing ink, Yi period (1392-1910). 2 1/4” x 2 1/4” x 1 3/4” (5.2 cm x 5.2 cm x 4.5 cm)
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)
Loans:
S1988-1989 #6: Museum of Craft and Folk Art (San Francisco) (August 30, 1988–November 9, 1988)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Water dropper, accession number 9-12657, described as Water holder; stone, rectangular with flat bottom, slightly convex top with center hole and hole at corner of top, stone is mottled green, black and brown; mixing ink, Yi period (1392-1910). 2 1/4” x 2 1/4” x 1 3/4” (5.2 cm x 5.2 cm x 4.5 cm)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Water dropper, accession number 9-12657, described as Water holder; stone, rectangular with flat bottom, slightly convex top with center hole and hole at corner of top, stone is mottled green, black and brown; mixing ink, Yi period (1392-1910). 2 1/4” x 2 1/4” x 1 3/4” (5.2 cm x 5.2 cm x 4.5 cm)

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