Water dropper, bronze: A small cast-bronze water dropper in the shape of a resting buffalo, dark patina, cupped in a weathered hand, in the Đại Bái foundry, sand moulds and charcoal glow, dark bronze with a green-brown patina, smoke and low light, by Nguyễn Văn Sơn — Photo · In the hand

Water dropper, bronze, macro of the buffalo's head and horns in dark bronze, in the Đại Bái foundry, sand moulds and charcoal glow, dark bronze with a green-brown patina, smoke and low light — 02 / 04 · The buffalo

Water dropper, bronze, close-up of the small spout, in the Đại Bái foundry, sand moulds and charcoal glow, dark bronze with a green-brown patina, smoke and low light — 03 / 04 · The spout

Water dropper, bronze, the bronze standing on a tile in the foundry yard, broken moulds behind, in the Đại Bái foundry, sand moulds and charcoal glow, dark bronze with a green-brown patina, smoke and low light — 04 / 04 · In the yard

Photographed in the foundry yard. A desk object in the form of a sleeping buffalo; the spout is its mouth.

Đồ đồng trang trí · Decorative bronze · Edition of 12

Water dropper, bronze

Thủy trì — the water dropper of the scholar's desk, for wetting the ink stone one drop at a time.

$210

Shipping & duties included

Nguyễn Văn Sơn

Bronze caster · Đại Bái village · Seventh generation

The scholar’s desk had a water dropper for the ink stone, and the village cast them in the form of animals. This one is a buffalo asleep, its mouth the spout, cast in sand and chased by hand.

It still works for ink. It also keeps a desk company.

Materials: Bronze, village patina
Technique: Sand-cast; chased; patinated
Dimensions: 8 × 6 × 5 cm · 3.1 × 2.4 × 2 in · 0.3 kg
Edition: Edition of 12 · Signed and sealed
Made: Đại Bái, Gia Bình · 2026
Delivery: Crated by hand, insured door to door · Ready in 5 days · 30-day return