UU KRC on thu 1 sep 05
A while ago I emailed Lee a question which seems to
have gone missing in the vapours of the internet. So
now I'm putting the question to the group. quoting
from my email to Lee:
"Between the summer of 1997 and the summer of
1999 I lived in Korea. While I was there(which was,
unfortunately, before I discovered the amazing world
of ceramics) I took a tour through a museum. During
part of the tour we came across ceramics, mostly tea
sets but also a kind of emblem and other decorative
pieces. The description of the ceramics stated that
the process by which the color, a celadon so emaculate
it looked to be carved jade, had been achieved was
unknown or lost.
Years later with my interests now more focused in
ceramics, I regret how little information I was able
to get. The only other thing I remember is that the
pieces in the museum and any others that surface are
part of Korea's National Historic Treasure
designation.
So now we come to the point. Does this ring a bell for
you? Does this sound like any of the
ceramics you've heard of and would you be able to tell
me any more about it. My favorite part, of course, of
the story is that we don't know anymore how they were
making the amazing ceramics that I saw that day.
What I'm most hoping is that you can give me some idea
of when and where these wares might have been produced
so I can start finding out more about them."
So now the same question goes to everyone. Do any of
you know the pieces I'm talking about?
Jared
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Lee Love on fri 2 sep 05
--- In clayart@yahoogroups.com, UU KRC wrote:
>
> So now we come to the point. Does this ring a bell for
> you? Does this sound like any of the
> ceramics you've heard of and would you be able to tell
> me any more about it. My favorite part, of course, of
> the story is that we don't know anymore how they were
> making the amazing ceramics that I saw that day.
Jared, I can't tell what the work is from your description. Korean
celadons in general? Did they look like any of these. Even photos of
footring bottoms:
http://www.moco.or.jp/en/colle/colle/Korea_A/frame.html
I don't know much about them. My interest is in later Korean ware. Like
these:
http://www.moco.or.jp/en/colle/colle/Korea_B/frame.html
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Steve Irvine on fri 2 sep 05
Hi Jared,
Beautiful celadons were made for many centuries in Korea, so it's difficult to know exactly which
pieces you saw. My guess would be that they were inlaid porcelains made during the Koryo
Dynasty, 935 to 1392 A.D. This was a time of relative stability in Korean politics and there were
important cultural developments on many fronts, much like the Song Dynasty in neighbouring
China. The Western word Korea is derived from Koryo, and it was an era when the distinctive
Korean culture began to flourish.
Try doing some research on the celadon porcelains of the Koryo Dynasty and you might find works
similar to the ones you remember.
Steve
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On Thu, 1 Sep 2005 16:38:41 -0700, UU KRC wrote:
>During
>part of the tour we came across ceramics, mostly tea
>sets but also a kind of emblem and other decorative
>pieces. The description of the ceramics stated that
>the process by which the color, a celadon so emaculate
>it looked to be carved jade, had been achieved was
>unknown or lost.
>
>Years later with my interests now more focused in
>ceramics, I regret how little information I was able
>to get. The only other thing I remember is that the
>pieces in the museum and any others that surface are
>part of Korea's National Historic Treasure
>designation.
>
>So now we come to the point. Does this ring a bell for
>you? Does this sound like any of the
>ceramics you've heard of and would you be able to tell
>me any more about it. My favorite part, of course, of
>the story is that we don't know anymore how they were
>making the amazing ceramics that I saw that day.
>
>What I'm most hoping is that you can give me some idea
>of when and where these wares might have been produced
>so I can start finding out more about them."
>
>So now the same question goes to everyone. Do any of
>you know the pieces I'm talking about?
>
>Jared
Hi Jared,
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