Lot Essay
For another rectangular waterdropper with character inscriptions, flowers and top landscape see Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, Richo suitekiten [Korean waterdroppers] (Osaka, 1988), no. 15
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A BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN WATER DROPPER
CHOSON DYNASTY (18TH CENTURY)
The rectangular water dropper set on a flat base and moulded on one short side with a cylindrical spout, painted in underglaze blue on the top with a scene of two scholars observing a boat at sea and distant mountains, on one long side with slender branches of bamboo and on the other long side with a gnarled branch of plum, the spout and its opposite side inscribed in underglaze blue with a poem, all within narrow line borders, the base unglazed- 3 x 2 x 1 7/8 in. (7.6 x 5 x 4.7 cm.), spout restored, short hairline cracks
CHOSON DYNASTY (18TH CENTURY)
The rectangular water dropper set on a flat base and moulded on one short side with a cylindrical spout, painted in underglaze blue on the top with a scene of two scholars observing a boat at sea and distant mountains, on one long side with slender branches of bamboo and on the other long side with a gnarled branch of plum, the spout and its opposite side inscribed in underglaze blue with a poem, all within narrow line borders, the base unglazed- 3 x 2 x 1 7/8 in. (7.6 x 5 x 4.7 cm.), spout restored, short hairline cracks