Water Dropper
1800-1900 (made)
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Korean water droppers formed part of a set of accoutrements necessary for writing and painting. Before using the brush, the writer would prepare the ink by grinding an ink stick on an ink stone with a few drops of water dispersed from the dropper.
The wide variety of shapes and designs that characterise water droppers of the 18th and 19th centuries displays the imagination and wit of their makers and consumers. This dropper is in the shape of an upturned peach, a symbol of immortality in Taoist belief.
The wide variety of shapes and designs that characterise water droppers of the 18th and 19th centuries displays the imagination and wit of their makers and consumers. This dropper is in the shape of an upturned peach, a symbol of immortality in Taoist belief.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain, moulded and painted under the glaze with cobalt blue and copper red |
| Brief description | Water dropper, porcelain, moulded and painted under the glaze, Korea, 1800-1900. |
| Physical description | The dropper is carved into the shape of a peach with a purplish-red tip, groups of red dots on the walls and blue at the base. |
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| Credit line | Given by Dr W. M. Tapp |
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| Summary | Korean water droppers formed part of a set of accoutrements necessary for writing and painting. Before using the brush, the writer would prepare the ink by grinding an ink stick on an ink stone with a few drops of water dispersed from the dropper. The wide variety of shapes and designs that characterise water droppers of the 18th and 19th centuries displays the imagination and wit of their makers and consumers. This dropper is in the shape of an upturned peach, a symbol of immortality in Taoist belief. |
| Bibliographic reference | Wood, Nigel and Rose Kerr, "Graciousness to Wild Austerity: Aesthic dimensions of Korean ceramics explored through technology" in Orientations, Hong Kong, Vol. 23, No. 12, December 1992, p. 41, Fig. 2 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.19-1919 |
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| Record created | February 3, 2000 |
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