Korean art from the Gompertz and other collections in the Fitzwilliam Museum
Subtitle: a complete catalogue
By: Yun Yong-i ; edited by Regina Krahl ; translated by Youngsook Pak and Roderick Whitfield.
Contributors: Krahl, Regina.
Publisher: Cambridge
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 357
Subjects: Fitzwilliam Museum -- Catalogs.; Pottery, Korean -- Koryŏ period, 935-1392 -- Catalogs.; Pottery, Korean -- Chosŏn dynasty, 1392-1910 -- Catalogs.; Celadon ware -- Korea -- Catalogs.; Porcelain, Korean -- Chosŏn dynasty, 1392-1910 -- Catalogs.; Pottery -- England -- Cambridge -- Catalogs.
Genres: Catalogs.
Description: "The collection of Korean art in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, is one of the finest outside the Far East, containing rich holdings of early unglazed ceramics, celadon stonewares of the Koryo dynasty, punch'ong wares and porcelains of the Choson dynasty, as well as items in glass, jade, bronze, brass, lacquer and wood. This catalogue of the Gompertz and other collections, compiled by Yun Yong-i and edited by Regina Krahl, supplies detailed information on the artefacts and posits a dating system which will be useful to students and collectors of Korean art worldwide. The introductions to each type of ware represent important contributions to the subject. Essays on Korean culture and the technology of Korean ceramics set the works of art in historical context. A map of the kiln sites, a glossary of Korean terms and a list of reigns give useful background information. The finest examples of each type of ware are represented in 32 pages of colour illustrations, and over 450 black and white photographs show varied views of the specimens."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.