Korean Ceramics Book

Through a continued mutual exchange with china korea developed a ceramics style that captured the korean spirit.

Korean ceramics book.

Korean ceramic trends had an influence on japanese pottery and porcelain. In the early stoneware riutual vessels used in korea and japan were very similar due to a shared culture. It does however cover contemporary korean ceramic artists. This is one of the best books on korean ceramics in english.

The book is written from the viewpoint of the different worlds korea experienced from pre history to the present day with the changing needs for and utility of the ceramics themselves. It gives a behind the scenes view of how influenced the japanese were by korean ceramics. Korea boasts a ceramics history that dates back 10 000 years. 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. Very charming story of how a japanese collector came to love korean ceramics. Korean ceramic history begins with the oldest earthenware dating to around 8000 bc.