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Throughout eastern Asia, writers and painters created their own ink by adding drops of water to dry pigment.
Water droppers with tiny spouts were a standard accessory for any desk, and they became one of the few decorative items that proper Confucian scholars could display in their studies without accusations of frivolity.
In Korea, water droppers took many imaginative forms and their decoration often included auspicious emblems of Chinese origin, such as the peach, an emblem of longevity.
Joseon Dynasty 19th century
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H: 5 cm, D: 3cmStock number
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