Water dropper

Museum number:
9-12675
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1587 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.07
Description:
Water holder with spout; stoneware with brown mauled (sp?) glaze, mended spout, round domed shape with knob on top and a 3-labeled, leaf like design with stem in heavy brown glaze circling the knob. Mottled brown glaze with swirled design on top. Round hole for air in top. Sand adheres to bottom of base. 3 1/2” (8.9 cm) diameter, 3” (8.5 cm) high. Foot: 1 7/8” (5.0 cm) diameter.
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:
Stoneware (pottery)
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 9-12675, described as Water holder with spout; stoneware with brown mauled (sp?) glaze, mended spout, round domed shape with knob on top and a 3-labeled, leaf like design with stem in heavy brown glaze circling the knob. Mottled brown glaze with swirled design on top. Round hole for air in top. Sand adheres to bottom of base. 3 1/2” (8.9 cm) diameter, 3” (8.5 cm) high. Foot: 1 7/8” (5.0 cm) diameter.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Water dropper, accession number 9-12675, described as Water holder with spout; stoneware with brown mauled (sp?) glaze, mended spout, round domed shape with knob on top and a 3-labeled, leaf like design with stem in heavy brown glaze circling the knob. Mottled brown glaze with swirled design on top. Round hole for air in top. Sand adheres to bottom of base. 3 1/2” (8.9 cm) diameter, 3” (8.5 cm) high. Foot: 1 7/8” (5.0 cm) diameter.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Water dropper, accession number 9-12675, described as Water holder with spout; stoneware with brown mauled (sp?) glaze, mended spout, round domed shape with knob on top and a 3-labeled, leaf like design with stem in heavy brown glaze circling the knob. Mottled brown glaze with swirled design on top. Round hole for air in top. Sand adheres to bottom of base. 3 1/2” (8.9 cm) diameter, 3” (8.5 cm) high. Foot: 1 7/8” (5.0 cm) diameter.

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