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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AuDragon, post: 393863, member: 6974&quot;]Hi Josh,</p><p>Water Droppers are really collectible and appear quite regularly in Sydney auction houses. They are mostly Chinese though and I haven&#039;t seen many Japanese.</p><p>Your first one is really unusual. The second and third ones I suspect (like evelyb) are possibly brush washer pots, but they could also be droppers too. The large photos are a bit misleading about the size. It&#039;s a dropper if you can put your thumb over the top hole and completely cover it to allow only single drops of water out of the spout to hit the inkstone. If it&#039;s a brush washer, I assume the spout is to drain off dirty water after the calligraphy is completed.</p><p>From the last photo, I can&#039;t see where you would put green tea powder or tea leaves into either pot and how you would wash out the used leaves, so I&#039;m guessing not a tea set. </p><p>I think the &quot;set&quot; might be for saki, which is served warm. The tiny cups appear the right size for saki, teacups are usually a bit larger. I just love the bigger pot which has such an unusual shape.</p><p>I think they make a great collection and their story is really interesting. Great find.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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