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Blue And White Ring-Shaped Water Dropper.
To prepare ink for calligraphy or painting, a Joseon scholar might have used this instrument to drip water onto an inkstone for grinding an ink stick.
Porcelain water droppers, often in whimsical shapes and with or without painted decoration, were fashionable during the nineteenth century.
Choson Dynasty- 19th century.
Porcelain.
Korea.
D: 11cm.
Provenance:
• Private Japanese Collection.
• A similar water dropper is in the Metropolitan Museum: Accession Number:2004.554.
Dimensions
D: 11cmStock number
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