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Water dropper (yônjôk)

Water dropper (yônjôk)

  • Place of origin:

    Korea (made)

  • Date:

    1750-1850 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Porcelain, thrown, carved, painted, glazed

  • Museum number:

    C.97-1937

  • Gallery location:

    Ceramics Study Galleries, Asia & Europe, room 137, case L, shelf 2

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Before writing with a brush and ink, people in East Asia regularly mix ink in a dish. They drop water in small quantities on to a cake of ink, and enjoy holding and looking at a water dropper that mimics another object, such as a house or a fish or an animal . This water dropper is modelled to resemble a peach with a deep cleft. Its copper-red and cobalt-blue painted decoration make it a colourful, pleasing object.

Physical description

The waterdropper takes the form of a peach, including branch and stem. The leaves are painted blue, the stems and other parts touched with brown. It has holes at the top and sides.

Place of Origin

Korea (made)

Date

1750-1850 (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Porcelain, thrown, carved, painted, glazed

Dimensions

Height: 9.5 cm

Descriptive line

Water dropper (yônjôk) in the form of a peach, porcelain, painted in blue and brown, Korea, Choson dynasty, 1750-1850

Materials

Porcelain

Techniques

Glazed; Carved; Thrown; Blue and white and brown

Subjects depicted

Peaches

Categories

Porcelain; Ceramics

Collection code

EAS

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