This celadon water dropper is modeled after a tortoise with a dragon’s head, an image which is commonly found in the tortoise-shaped pedestals of monuments erected during the Goryeo Dynasty. The dragon’s open mouth holding a lotus stalk forms the spout of this water dropper. Here the stem stretches to the back and is fixed there. The water hole on the tortoise’s back is encircled with a petal-shaped decoration, and a hexagonal tortoise shell design entirely covers the back. The inner part of the design is incised with the Chinese character “王”, meaning “king.” Celadon water droppers shaped after a dragon, tortoise, fish, plant or human figure were common in the early 12th century.