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99. ith the spout in the center of one edge and the vent-
Water dropper Wing hole on the top center, this cuboid water dropper
19th–early 20th century, Joseon rests on four feet, one on each corner. The top is painted
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt decoration with a flower, probably an orchid, growing next to a rock.
H: 4.5 cm, W: 6.8 cm (with spout) The four sides are painted with abstract floral motifs, each
framed by four brackets in the corners. The base is glazed.
The bottoms of the feet are unglazed with small amounts of
kiln grit adhesions.
A water dropper is a tool of the scholar, used to pour small
amounts of water with which an inkstick is ground to make
ink on the surface of an inkstone. These would have been lo-
cated in the study of a Korean house reserved for men called
a sarangbang.
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