Peach-shaped water dropper

백자청채철채도형연적, 白瓷靑彩鐵彩桃形硯適

Korean

Joseon dynasty

19th century

Object Place: Korea

Medium/Technique White porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue and iron-brown decorations

Dimensions H 10.0 cm (3 15/16 in.), Diameter of Base: 5.3-5.8 cm (2 1/16-2 5/16 in.), Diameter of Body: 7.4 cm (2 15/16 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of Charles Bain Hoyt—Charles Bain Hoyt Collection

Accession Number50.1142

CollectionsAsia

ClassificationsCeramics – Porcelain

Catalogue Raisonné MFA Highlights: Arts of Korea (2012), p. 141

ProvenanceBy 1948, Charles Bain Hoyt (b. 1889 - d. 1949), Camden; 1950, bequest of Hoyt to the MFA (Accession Date: May 11, 1950).