Water dropper; porcelain, round, dome top with hole in the center, flat rim under the dome that angles sharply to narrow foot, sand adhering to foot, tubular spout on flat rim, translucent white glaze, underglaze black flower and leaf design on top. 3” (7.5 cm) diameter, 1 1/2” (3.5 cm) high.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and George H. Kerr
Collection place:
Korea
Verbatim coll. place:
Korea; Yi Dynasty
Collector:
George H. Kerr
Collection date:
before 1957
Materials:
Glaze (coating by location) and Porcelain (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Porcelain (visual works)
Function:
7.1 Writing and Records (including religious texts)
Accession date:
1974
Context of use:
mixing ink, Yi period (1392-1910)
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
diameter 7.5 centimeters and height 3.5 centimeters