Water dropper; porcelain, square shaped, flat top with center hole, tubular spout added to center of one side, four corner feet on bottom, translucent white glaze, underglaze blue landscape scene on top, calligraphic decorations on all four sides, four feet not glazed, area of black incrustation. 2 1/2” x 2 1/2” x 1 1/8” high (6.4 cm x 6.4 cm. 3.5 cm).
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 (A.D. 1392-1910)
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 6.4 centimeters, width 6.4 centimeters, and height 3.5 centimeters