Korean Ceramic Art History

Rough domestic wares for the people were produced from numerous kilns.

Korean ceramic art history.

The baekje paekche kingdom c 18 bce 660 ce based in. Between the examples of looted ceramics taken from korea and skilled potters brought back to japan korean styles and techniques had an important impact on japanese pottery. The most visible influence these enslaved koreans had in japan however was on japanese ceramic styles. Korean bronze age pottery tends to be undecorated walls are thicker and there is a greater variety of shapes typically steamers bowls with pedestals and jars with handles.

During korea s joseon dynasty ceramic wares were considered to represent the highest quality of achievement from imperial city and provincial kilns the last of which were export driven wares. Likewise a number of very sophisticated statues of royal figures guardians and horses equivalent to chinese han dynasty figures used for domestic. Korean pottery is the most famous and senior art in korea it is closely tied to korean ceramics which represents tile work large scale ceramic murals and architectural elements. Korean ceramic trends had an influence on japanese pottery and porcelain.

The influence of chinese pottery on korean pottery was so great that it is difficult to distinguish some korean wares from those made in the northern provinces of china especially of those made during the contemporary han to tang period. Although korean architecture is touched on here it is also the subject of a separate article the art produced by peoples living. The wares of the silla period 57 bce 935 ce include some reminiscent of those of the zhou dynasty specimens of stoneware obviously based on metalwork. And yi bong ju who works in hammered bronze metalware.

Korean ceramic history begins with the oldest earthenware dating to around 8000 bc. Korean art during recorded history dates from 57 bce the start of the three kingdoms period c 57 bce 668 ce during which the country was ruled by three monarchies. The pottery of ancient korea stretches back to prehistory when simple brown wares were made and decorated with geometrical incisions. Potters would benefit from the ideas and techniques of their chinese counterparts and go on to produce their own highly sought after works including grey stoneware celadons or greenware buncheong ware and white porcelain.

Korean art the painting calligraphy pottery sculpture lacquerware and other fine or decorative visual arts produced by the peoples of korea over the centuries. Wares evolved along chinese lines in terms of color shape and technique and the ming influence in blue and white wares using cobalt blue glazes was evident in a great deal of joseon pottery. Korean bronze art as represented in the work of kim jong dae master of yundo or bronze mirror casting. Influenced by chinese ceramics korean pottery developed a distinct style of its own with its own shapes such as the moon jar or maebyeong version of the chinese meiping vase and later styles of painted decoration.