Water dropper

Description

Water dropper of ceramic, in the form of a peach with leaves and stem, the latter forming a foot, with two small apertures, and decorated in underglaze blue, iron brown and copper red: Korea, 19th century

Museum reference

A.1919.539

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Water dropper

Production information

Korea, East Asia

Date

19th century

Materials

Ceramic

Physical description

Ceramic

Associations

Dingwall Collection

Exhibitions

• Exploring East Asia (08 Feb 2019)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

For a similar piece, see Elmer Veldkamp, Highlights from the Korea collection of Rjiksmuseum Volkenkunde (Leiden, 2014), no. 102.

On display

national museum of scotland »
level 5 »
world cultures, exploring east asia