Water dropper in the form of a mythical creature

China

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This playful water dropper—an essential utensil for a scholar’s table—is an artful evocation of a bronze example from the Six Dynasties period (220–589). Reflecting the eighteenth-century’s taste for archaistic recreations of objects from high antiquity—often in a different medium—the water dropper also draws attention to the technical virtuosity of the artist, whose use of a greenish brown glaze successfully mimics the patina of an ancient bronze.

Water dropper in the form of a mythical creature, Porcelain with tea-dust glaze (Jingdezhen ware), China

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Water dropper in the form of a mythical creature, Porcelain with tea-dust glaze (Jingdezhen ware), China
Water dropper in the form of a mythical creature, Porcelain with tea-dust glaze (Jingdezhen ware), China
Water dropper in the form of a mythical creature, Porcelain with tea-dust glaze (Jingdezhen ware), China

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