Lot 21
21
A WHITE-GLAZED WATER DROPPER

Details
A WHITE-GLAZED WATER DROPPER
CHOSON DYNASTY (LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY)

Of rectangular shape set on four bracket feet moulded on one end with a short spout in the form of a small frog and moulded on the opposite end of the flat top with another frog, also with open mouth, covered overall with an even and lustrous white glaze tinged slightly blue--4 x 3 1/8 x 2 1/2 in. (10.2 x 8.2 x 6.3 cm.), corner and underside edge chips

Lot Essay

A similar water dropper with recessed bracket feet in the collection of Mr. Hyung-pal Chun is illustrated in Kim, Chewon and G. St. G. M. Gompertz, eds., The Ceramic Art of Korea (New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1961), no. 99, p. 218; another, in the collection of the Ewha Women's University is illustrated in Special Exhibition of Inkstone and Waterdropper, Catalogue III (Seoul: Ewha Woman's University Museum, 1974); yet another is illustrated in 2000 Years of Korean Arts, an exhibit (Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 1973), no. 346.