Korean Ceramics Book

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.

Korean ceramics book.

When there is decoration it covers less of the vessel and takes either the form of the incised motifs of the previous period or applied clay bands. It gives a behind the scenes view of how influenced the japanese were by korean ceramics. In the early stoneware riutual vessels used in korea and japan were very similar due to a shared culture. This is one of the best books on korean ceramics in english.

Korean pottery may not be ornate nor is it imposing in size but it is distinguished by its infinite embrace of nature. 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. Book is a little bit on the small side and generally leaves out the early history of korean ceramics beginning only in the koryo period except for one or two examples. It does however cover contemporary korean ceramic artists.

Korea boasts a ceramics history that dates back 10 000 years. Through a continued mutual exchange with china korea developed a ceramics style that captured the korean spirit. Korean ceramic trends had an influence on japanese pottery and porcelain.