DOI Heft:
No. 390 (September 1925)
DOI Artikel:Harada, Jirō: Old Corean pottery
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21403#0145
EARTHENWARE OF THE
SHIRAGI DYNASTjY
(In Mr. Yamaoka's Colin.)
OLD COREAN POTTERY. BY
JIRO'HARADA. a 0 0 0
THE largest collection of old Corean
pottery in perfect preservation, out-
side of the Royal collection of Prince Ri,
the former King of Corea, or Chosen, is
that belonging to Mr. Sentaro Yamaoka,
of Mikage, near Osaka. He has been a
most ardent admirer of the ancient ceramic
art of Chosen, the examples of which have
been brought to light only through
excavations of ancient tombs that have
taken place within the past quarter of a
century. His frequent visits to the
Peninsula and his great sacrifices of time
and money spent during the past fifteen
years in untiring search for unbroken
pieces of a wide variety of wares enabled
Mr. Yamaoka to possess such a collection
as he now has. To begin with, the pieces
are very rarely found, as only very few of
them have been interred even with persons
of great distinction, and it is indeed ex-
tremely difficult to procure a piece in a
perfect state of preservation, even though
every care and precaution may be em-
ployed in excavating. Rather a miracle
it is that all of them have not been found
crushed, as they were almost always
placed near the deceased unprotected, as
if the wares were in daily use, and because
the ceiling and roof of the tumulus in-
variably collapsed upon them in time. 0
Mr, Yamaoka's collection is composed
Vol. XC. No. 390.—September 1925.
of more than three hundred pieces in a
perfect state of preservation, save for
occasional almost unnoticeable cracks and
chips. It comprises some splendid speci-
mens of wares, hard earthenwares devoid
of glaze, peculiar to the products of the
Shiragi dynasty extending from 57 to
918 A.D. But the bulk of the collection
represents the work of the Korai regime,
covering a period from 924 to 1392.
Though not nearly to the same extent,
but fairly well represented, are the works
of the Ri dynasty, which succeeded the
Korai and closed with the annexation to
Nippon in 1910. 0000
BOWL (KORAI DYNASTY)
(In Mr. Yamaoka's Collection)
139
SHIRAGI DYNASTjY
(In Mr. Yamaoka's Colin.)
OLD COREAN POTTERY. BY
JIRO'HARADA. a 0 0 0
THE largest collection of old Corean
pottery in perfect preservation, out-
side of the Royal collection of Prince Ri,
the former King of Corea, or Chosen, is
that belonging to Mr. Sentaro Yamaoka,
of Mikage, near Osaka. He has been a
most ardent admirer of the ancient ceramic
art of Chosen, the examples of which have
been brought to light only through
excavations of ancient tombs that have
taken place within the past quarter of a
century. His frequent visits to the
Peninsula and his great sacrifices of time
and money spent during the past fifteen
years in untiring search for unbroken
pieces of a wide variety of wares enabled
Mr. Yamaoka to possess such a collection
as he now has. To begin with, the pieces
are very rarely found, as only very few of
them have been interred even with persons
of great distinction, and it is indeed ex-
tremely difficult to procure a piece in a
perfect state of preservation, even though
every care and precaution may be em-
ployed in excavating. Rather a miracle
it is that all of them have not been found
crushed, as they were almost always
placed near the deceased unprotected, as
if the wares were in daily use, and because
the ceiling and roof of the tumulus in-
variably collapsed upon them in time. 0
Mr, Yamaoka's collection is composed
Vol. XC. No. 390.—September 1925.
of more than three hundred pieces in a
perfect state of preservation, save for
occasional almost unnoticeable cracks and
chips. It comprises some splendid speci-
mens of wares, hard earthenwares devoid
of glaze, peculiar to the products of the
Shiragi dynasty extending from 57 to
918 A.D. But the bulk of the collection
represents the work of the Korai regime,
covering a period from 924 to 1392.
Though not nearly to the same extent,
but fairly well represented, are the works
of the Ri dynasty, which succeeded the
Korai and closed with the annexation to
Nippon in 1910. 0000
BOWL (KORAI DYNASTY)
(In Mr. Yamaoka's Collection)
139