Title
Water dropper with peach bloom glaze
Year/Period
Kangxi mark and period (1662-1722), Qing dynasty
Region
China
Object Type
Material
Dimension
Object size: H10.5 x D12.8cm of base
Accession No.
1995-02414
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift from Jurong Town Corporation
This beehive shaped water dropper was one of the items used in a scholar’s study. The fine mouth rim controls tiny amounts of water that are dropped onto the inkstone while the ink is ground. This vessel is covered in peach bloom glaze, or “jiang dou hong (豇豆红)”, which is characterised by a mottled red glaze. An innovation of the Kangxi period, this type of glaze was mostly used on small objects, probably because it suited the scholarly taste for all things refined and simple, or 'dan ya' (雅淡).
