ESSAYS
BRIEF HISTORY OF KOREAN CERAMICS = 8
KOREAN CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS = 20
1. ANCIENT CULTURE AND POTTERY
VESSELS FOR DAILY LIFE = 29
GRAVE GOODS = 36
NEW BURIAL PRACTICE: CREMATION = 46
[Theme 1] POTTERY FIGURINES = 50
[Theme 2] SCULPTED POTTERY VESSELS = 52
2. ELEGANCE IN COLOR AND FORM: GORYEO CELADON
COLOR OF JADE, BRILLIANCE OF CRYSTAL = 58
[Theme 1] INCREASING FIRING TEMPERATURES: MOVING TOWARDS
PORCELAIN = 59
FORMS FROM NATURE: FIGURATIVE CELADON VESSELS = 72
DESIGNS REPRESENTING WISHES AND ASPIRATIONS = 80
[Theme 2] UNIQUE INNOVATION OF INLAID CELADON = 81
PRIZED POSSESSION OF THE ARISTOCRACY = 90
3. MODERATION AND LIBERATION: BUNCHEONG WARE
NEW ERA, BUT FAMILIAR CERAMICS = 111
EMBODIMENT OF FREEDOM AND INNOVATION = 120
JOSEON INLAID WHITE PORCELAIN, SUCCESSOR TO GORYEO WHITE
WARE = 139
4. PROPRIETY AND DIGNITY: WHITE PORCELAIN
PROPRIETY AND DIGNITY OF THE ROYAL COURT = 147
[Theme 1] MOON JAR: SYMBOL OF ABUNDANCE AND ENJOYMENT
BLUE-AND-WHITE PORCELAIN: PAINTING ON WHITE PORCELAIN =173
[Theme 2] AESTHETIC APPRECIATION: STATIONERY ITEMS IN THE
SARANGBANG = 186
AUSPICIOUS WISHES IN WHITE PORCELAIN = 191
[Theme 3] ABSTRACT MOTIFS IN BROWN, AUSPICIOUS MOTIFS
IN RED = 196
FOOD CULTURE AND DAILY LIFE IN JOSEON = 200
ROYAL CERAMICS OF THE LATE JOSEON PERIOD = 204
5. BEYOND TRADITION: CONTEMPORARY CERAMIC ART = 213
APPENDIXES
TIMELINE = 230
KILNS IN GORYEO DYNASTY - CELADON = 232
KILNS IN JOSEON DYNASTY - BUNCHEONG WARE = 233
KILNS IN JOSEON DYNASTY - WHITE PORCELAIN = 234
OFFICIAL KILNS IN GWANGJU, GYEONGGI-DO PROVINCE = 235
LIST OF FIGURES = 236