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Study of the Chemical Composition of Korean Traditional Ceramics (II): Chos$\breve{o}$n Whiteware  

KohChoo, Carolyn Kyong-Shin (Department of Chemistry, Chung-Ang University)
Choo, Woong-Kil (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Ahn, Sang-Doo (Department of Chemistry, Chung-Ang University)
Lee, Young-Eun (Collection Department, Gyeonggi Provincial Museum)
Kim, Gyu-Ho (Department of Conservation Science for Cultural Heritage, College of Natural Sciences, Kongju National University)
Lee, Yeon-Sook (Department of Chemistry, Chung-Ang University)
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Journal of Conservation Science / v.27, no.1, 2011 , pp. 61-74 More about this Journal
Abstract
The material characteristics of Chos$\breve{o}$n whiteware were investigated by analyzing and comparing the body and glaze compositions of whiteware shards excavated at the Kwangju royal kilns, Ch'unghyodong, and four other local-level kilns. In Korea, the rise of whiteware technology began in the early years of the Chos$\breve{o}$n dynasty, when the indigenous tradition of Kory$\breve{o}$ celadon was strongly influenced by the whiteware aesthetics of the Chinese Ming dynasty. The Kwangju royal kilns eventually made hard-textured whiteware of a quality equivalent to that of the Chinese by using type of porcelain stone that contained slightly less $Fe_2O_3$ and $TiO_2$ and slightly more $K_2O$ than that used for celadon. In contrast, the potters of Ch'unghyodong achieved the same level of quality by finding and using a totally different material: kaolinitic clay. The porcelain stone used at the Kwangju kiln was commonly found in Korea and south China, whereas kaolinitic clay (which has a high aluminum content) was typically found in north China, and was only rarely used in Korea. The flux component of the glaze compositions was mostly limestone, first in burnt form and later in crushed form, and the clay component was often glaze stone, which was a finer-grained porcelain stone with a higher proportion of feldspar. In the future, this comparative analytical study of Korean whiteware components should be extended to the $18^{th}$- and $19^{th}$-century kilns that are currently being excavated at a rapid pace.
Keywords
Korean traditional ceramics; Korean porcelain; Korean stoneware; Body composition of traditional ceramics; Glaze composition of traditional ceramics; Celadon; Punch'$\breve{o}$ ng; Whiteware;
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