Today’s post continues to look at various suiteki. Almost all of these being shown are in bronze; however, many in the market are ceramic and this is particularly true of very old Chinese water droppers.
Just check out eBay today and you will see around 140 of them being sold and almost all of them are ceramic. I doubt we would use a ceramic one in our displays as they tend to be a bit too reflective and shiny to us. We like the various animal shapes but we have included a few today of fruit and vegetables.
Part II — Photographs
Water dropper in the shape of a Lion, Kirin (mythological animal) and a Suisei (mythological animal)
Water dropper in the shape of a Swan
Water dropper in the shape of a Long-tailed Cock
Water dropper in the shape of a Horned Owl
Water dropper in the shape of a Quail
Water dropper in the shape of a Lobbed Teapot
Water dropper in the shape of a Young Girl and a Peach
Water dropper in the shape of a Peach
Water dropper in the shape of a Cucumber
Water dropper in the shape of Jurojin
Water dropper in the shape of Cowherd
Part III will be posted in the next 24-48 hours.
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