A Moulded White Porcelain Water Dropper
Choson period (19th century)
Square, set on four bracket feet and with pinched cylindrical spout, moulded in low relief on the flat top with a budding and flowering plum branch and on the four sides with sprays of bamboo, the whole save the L-shaped foot rims applied with a clear glaze of blue hue
2½ x 2¼ x 1 7/8in. (6.4 x 5.8 x 4.6cm.)
Lot Essay
For another waterdropper see Choson shidae moonbang jaegu/The Elegant Beauty of Choson Scholars' Studies (Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 1992), pl. 423.