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Carved Chinese Soapstone Water Dropper
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A carved Chinese soapstone water dropper, boat shaped receptacle with spout and handle, carved with
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Soapstone
Korean Ceramic Water Dropper Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A small Korean ceramic water dropper in square form on four corner feet, circa 19th century late
Category
19th Century Korean Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Ceramic
Fine Antique Korean Ceramic Water Dropper Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine porcelain water dropper from Korea circa 19th century of the late Joseon Dynasty. Water
Category
Early 19th Century Korean Other Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Ceramic
Korean Porcelain Water Dropper Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A small Korean ceramic water dropper in square form circa 19th century late Joseon Dynasty. It
Category
19th Century Korean Other Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Octopus Water Dropper, c. 1830s
Located in Brisbane, QLD
A Japanese Hirado ware water dropper used in calligraphy dating to the Edo Period (1603-1868). The
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Ceramic
Korean Ceramic Water Dropper in Frog Form
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Korean ceramic water dropper in the form of fog circa early 20th century likely from Japanese
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Ceramic
Rare Antique Japanese Meiji Cloisonne Enamel Water Dropper
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese copper water dropper with cloisonne enamel design. Meiji period, 1868 to 1913
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Chinese Ceramic Ox Form Water Dropper on Stand
Located in Astoria, NY
Chinese Ceramic Ox Form Water Dropper on Carved Wood Stand. 2.5" H x 3.5" W x 2.5" D. Provenance
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Rare Korean Water Dropper in Doughnut Form Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Korean blue and white porcelain water dropper in a rare hallowed out doughnut shape from Joseon
Category
Late 18th Century Korean Other Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Ceramic
Green Jade Paperweight with Water Dropper, 19th Century
By Artistian Made
Located in San Diego, CA
This 19th Century green jade paperweight with a water dropper, 碧玉元宝水盂镇纸, features a yuanbao 元宝
Category
19th Century Chinese Artisan Antique Water Dropper
Korean Ceramic White Porcelain Water Dropper Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A small Korean water dropper in rectangular form with beveled edges, circa early 19th century of
Category
19th Century Korean Other Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Ceramic
Korean Ceramic Water Dropper in Mountain Form Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Korean ceramic water dropper in the shape of a mountain from late Joseon Dynasty circa 1850-1900s
Category
Late 19th Century Korean Other Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Ceramic
Korean Ceramic Celadon Turtle Form Water Dropper Goryeo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Korean ceramic water dropper in the form of a turtle or tortoise from Goryeo Period circ 12-13th
Category
15th Century and Earlier Korean Archaistic Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Ceramic
Korean Ceramic Water Dropper in Dog Form Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A lovely Korean ceramic water dropper in the form of a sitting dog circa 19th century late Joseon
Category
19th Century Korean Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Ho Ho Boy Water Dropper, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This curious object is a late 19th-century Chinese water dropper, a calligraphy accessory that
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Japanese Hirado Porcelain Water Dropper/ Okimono in the Form of a Puppy.
Located in London, GB
Antique Japanese Hirado Porcelain
Water Dropper in the Form of a Puppy.
Meiji period
A Fine
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
$1,022
H 3.55 in W 5.52 in D 4.34 in
14th-16th C., Sukhothai, Antique Thai Glazed Stoneware Hunchback Water Dropper
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Sukhothai glazed stoneware hunchback water dropper.
Age: Thailand, Sukhothai Period, 14th - 16th
Category
15th Century and Earlier Thai Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Stoneware
$288 Sale Price
20% Off
H 4.45 in W 1.66 in D 1.58 in
Antique Edo Period Japanese Arita Small Vase or Bottle Water Dropper, 17/18th C
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Very nice and delicate small vase or water dropper from the edo period. Flowers and Paradise bird
Category
18th Century Japanese Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Porcelain
$1,838 Sale Price
20% Off
H 3.15 in Dm 2.68 in
Antique Chinese Statue Porcelain Immortal Camel Qianlong/Jiaqing Period
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
a sitting camel. It seems to be a water dropper considering the hole in the mouth of the camel and
Category
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Porcelain
$1,603 Sale Price
20% Off
H 3.15 in Dm 3.15 in
Japanese 'double gourd' lacquer suzuri’bako (writing box) by Hara Yôyûsai 原羊遊斎
By Hara Yôyûsai
Located in Amsterdam, NL
of the lid signed 'Yôyûsai'.
The interior of the box is fitted with a rectangular bronze water
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Bronze
$7,665
H 9.45 in W 8.67 in D 1.78 in
Japanese Rinpa Style Lacquer Ink Stone Box Suzuribako
Located in Atlanta, GA
frame that holds ink stone and a silvered bronze water-dropper (Suiteki). Both the exterior and interior
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Japanese Lacquer Writing Box, Suzuribako, Edo Period, 18th Century, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
fitted with an inkstone and a water dropper in the form of a helmet, kabuto, crafted of copper and silver
Category
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Gold, Silver, Copper
$18,000
H 1.5 in W 8 in D 3 in
Japanese Maki-e Lacquerware Portable Picnic Set Sagejubako
Located in Atlanta, GA
copper water dropper!). This set is rare because not only it was superbly decorated but also it appears
Category
19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Lacquer
Japanese Meiji Lacquer Writing Set
Located in New Orleans, LA
suzuri and water dropper, or mizusashi, in a compact or silk-covered saturation pad, and a set of five
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Stone
Antique Japanese Ink Stone Maki-e Lacquer Box Suzuribako Edo Provenance
Located in Atlanta, GA
stone and a silver-plated bronze water-dropper (Suiteki). The exterior and interior side of the lid was
Category
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
$9,600
H 2.25 in W 98.75 in D 9.5 in
Changsha Ewer, Tang Dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
such as bowls, pots, ewers (or jugs), plates, boxes, lamps, pillows, candlesticks, censers, water
Category
15th Century and Earlier Hong Kong Tang Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
Rare Lion Figurine Pillow, Tang Dynasty(618-907)
Located in seoul, KR
, censers, water droppers, mortars, paper weights, tea grinders, and figurines. Examples of these forms can
Category
15th Century and Earlier Hong Kong Tang Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Stoneware
Changsha ewer, Tang Dynasty(618-907)
Located in seoul, KR
, censers, water droppers, mortars, paper weights, tea grinders, and figurines. Examples of these forms can
Category
15th Century and Earlier Hong Kong Tang Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Stoneware
Changsha ewer, Tang Dynasty(618-907)
Located in seoul, KR
, censers, water droppers, mortars, paper weights, tea grinders, and figurines. Examples of these forms can
Category
15th Century and Earlier Hong Kong Tang Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Stoneware
Japanese Lacquer Maki-E Tiered Suzuribako and Ryoshibako
Located in Atlanta, GA
contains a suzuri (ink-stone) with fundame trim and a round cloisonne suiteki (water dropper) with wave
Category
1920s Japanese Meiji Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Stone, Metal
Exquisite Japanese Lacquer Maki-e Suzuribako by Koma Kyūhaku Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
suiteki (water dropper) of in the complementary form of a waterwheel and waves. Under the inkstone, there
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Stone, Metal
$18,000
H 2 in W 9.25 in D 10.125 in
Japanese Ceramic Water Dropper, Folded Paper Design
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Japanese Ceramic Water Dropper, Folded Water Design
A water dropper is used in calligraphy as a
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Early 17th Century Ming Tianqi Reign Blue and White Porcelain Water Dropper
Located in Paris, FR
The water dropper, rectangular, painted in underglaze blue on the four sides. Two sides with
Category
Early 17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Porcelain
$1,415
H 4.34 in W 2.72 in D 2.72 in
A yellow glass double-gourd bottle vase
Located in Winter Park, FL
neck. The bottle was probably intended to be used as water-dropper by a scholar.
Provenance
Category
18th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Water Dropper
Japanese Lacquerware Writing Box with a Phoenix Motif
Located in New York, NY
with removable trays securing a river pearl form suiteki (water dropper) and suzri (ink-stone) with
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer
19th Century, Edo Period Japan, Suzuribako and Bunko Document Box
Located in London, GB
deer in moonlight, copper water dropper and slate ink stone.
Fitted in lacquered boxes.
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Other Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Copper, Silver
$43,605 / set
H 9.85 in W 15.36 in D 5.12 in
Suzuribako decorated with a bird of prey in maki-e, Japan Edo period
Located in Saverne, Grand Est
water dropper and an ink stone on the left, and a single compartment on the right for storing writing
Category
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Wood
$15,920
H 2.17 in W 9.06 in D 9.45 in
Pair of Chinese Porcelain Famille Rose Kneeling Boys, 18th-19th Century
Located in Frome, Somerset
A pair of Famille Rose figures of kneeling boys as water droppers 18th-19th century.
One with a
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Porcelain
$1,022 / set
H 6.3 in W 2.56 in D 4.3 in
Hydrangea Writing Box
Located in New York, NY
detachable frame fitted with suzuri (ink stone) and suiteki (water dropper); the exterior and sides of the
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Lacquer
Writing Box with Fans and Flowering Plants
Located in New York, NY
removable suzuri (ink stone) and suiteki (water-dropper), and hikidashi (drawer); the exterior finished in
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Lacquer
Chinese Porcelain Lotus Water Droppers
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese porcelain Lotus water droppers,
circa 1885-1915.
A remarkable pair of lovely Chinese
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Porcelain
A Chinese Porcelain Lotus Water Dropper
Located in Downingtown, PA
The bowl of the water dropper is in the form of a lotus flower decorated in naturalistic colors
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Water Dropper
Antique Chinese Porcelain Water Dropper Immortal Camel Qianlong/Jiaqing 18th C
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
camel. It seems to be a water dropper considering the hole in the mouth of the camel and the one at the
Category
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Porcelain
$1,601
H 3.35 in Dm 3.35 in
Medieval Shipwreck Hoi An Hoard Blue / White Puffer Fish Water Dropper, 1450 AD
Located in London, GB
A finely painted and preserved antique water dropper, officially salvaged and recorded from the
Category
15th Century and Earlier Vietnamese Antique Water Dropper
A 19th Century Japanese Patinated Bronze 'Suiteki' Water Dropper, Meiji Period
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A fine 19th century scholarly object used to moisten inksticks for an inkstone when working with calligraphy.
Naturalistically cast in the form of a gourd with a detachable leafy st...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Bronze
$2,800
H 2 in W 3.75 in D 2 in
Sancai Glazed Small Chinese Horse
Located in Katonah, NY
A Chinese export water dropper in the figure of a horse. The figure is decorated with an egg and
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Water Dropper
Japanese black lacquer pillow-shape writing box
Located in Hudson, NY
, and mother-of-pearl inlay. Gold plum design on inside of lid. Inkstone (suzuri) and silver water
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Lacquer, Wood
Edo Period Zitan Wood Suzuribako 'Writing Box' with Bamboo Design
Located in Hudson, NY
gold. Suzuribako is complete with suiteki (water dropper) and suzuri-ishi (ink stone). Comes in its
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Gold Leaf
$3,900
H 8.88 in W 5.75 in D 2.25 in
A Chinese Zitan Scholar's Tray
Located in Austin, TX
graced the desk of a scholar, holding his stationary supplies, such as a brushpot, brushes, water dropper
Category
18th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Water Dropper
Turtle Lacquerware Writing Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
, it houses essential calligraphy tools: an inkstone, a finely engraved silver water dropper, two
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Crystal
Japanese Lacquer Suzuribako Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
dropper) featuring a water wheel family crest.
This is a striking piece with fine quality in both
Category
19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Lacquer
Fine Japanese Lacquer Fujiyama Makie Suzuribako with Complete Writing Implements
Located in Atlanta, GA
pieces, remain together in fine condition, an inkstone, a silver water dropper (suiteki), two brush pens
Category
19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Stone, Metal
$16,000
H 2 in W 8 in D 10.5 in
Exceptional Japanese Lacquer Suzuribako Edo Period with Provenance Note
Located in Atlanta, GA
compartments that hold the ink stone and the silver suiteki water dropper in the shape of a partially open
Category
18th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Stone, Silver
$20,000
H 1.5 in W 9 in D 10 in
Shipwreck Salvaged Ming Dynasty Frog Water Dropper
Located in London, GB
A finely painted, very well preserved water dropper, officially salvaged and recorded from the
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Water Dropper
Japanese Meiji Period Suziribako Stacking Box
Located in Lambertville, NJ
specifically for writing tools: ink slate, water droppers, and brushes 8.5 square and 8.5 tall.
Category
Early 1900s Meiji Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Antique Japanese Ink Stone Maki-e Lacquer Box Suzuribako
Located in Atlanta, GA
for holding brush pens, and the other for holding the ink stone (present) and a bronze water-dropper
Category
18th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Stone, Bronze
Korean Pottery Fish Water Dropper
Located in Seattle, WA
Korean glazed pottery water dropper in the form of a carp. The surface and sides with cobalt blue
Category
19th Century Korean Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Ceramic
Kakiemon Porcelain Water Dropper, Daikoku, circa 1680, Edo Period
By Arita
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
A rare Kakiemon porcelain water dropper, Edo Period, cica 1680. Modelled as Daikoku, The god of
Category
17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Water Dropper
Materials
Porcelain
$2,997
H 3.15 in W 2.01 in L 3.15 in
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With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the antique water dropper you’re looking for. Frequently made of ceramic, porcelain and soapstone, every antique water dropper was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect antique water dropper — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. Each antique water dropper bearing hallmarks is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made antique water dropper over the years, but those crafted by Arita are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
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