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Collected by J. H. Morris while he was chief engineer for Seoul Railway, Korea.

Description

Dish (jeopsi 접시; 楪匙). The six edges are slightly lobed at regular intervals to represent the shape of a flower. Incised peony and branch design with two leaves in centre. Unmarked. Traces of four spur marks in clay on the foot ring.

Specific Techniques

The rim of this dish was slightly cut, to create a flower shape. This type of flower-shaped dish was popular in the mid-Goryeo dynasty (고려; 高麗; 918–1392). Flower-shaped dishes in general were popular during the Goryeo dynasty, and their origin is thought to have been influenced by metal dishes from the Tang dynasty (618-907), China. There were three ways to make a celadon flower-shaped dish: cutting the edges slightly, as was done with this dish, pressing from the outside to the inside using a slender tool, or using a flower-shaped mould.

History Of Use

All kinds of pottery and porcelain produced during the Goryeo dynasty (고려; 高麗; 918–1392) are called Goryeo dojagi (Goryeo ware; 고려도자기; 高麗陶磁器). Celadon (green-gray glazed ceramic), known as Goryeo cheongja (고려청자; 高麗青磁), was the main kind of ceramic produced during this period in Korea. Celadon originated in China; Goryeo potters learned the techniques from the celadon traditions of the Song dynasty (960–1279). The Buan (부안군) and Gangjin (강진군) regions in Jeolla Province (전라도) became major production centres by the mid-twentieth century, and Gangjin remains the centre for Goryeo cheongja revival and modern celadon production.