Water dropper; porcelain, flat top with hexagonal flat sides, flat unglazed base, top has center hole and side hole at angle of two sides, one corner chipped, translucent white glaze, underglaze blue brushed in geometric linear decoration on top, wavy blue line in underglaze blue on each side, glaze worn at corners. 2 1/2” (5.8 cm) diameter, 1” (2.5 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 (A.D. 1392-1910)
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 6.5 centimeters, height 2.5 centimeters, and width 6 centimeters
Loans:
S1988-1989 #6: Museum of Craft and Folk Art (San Francisco) (August 30, 1988–November 9, 1988)