Five Centuries of Korean Ceramics: Pottery and Porcelain of the Yi Dynasty

159 pp. Illustrated with 122 photographs. The pottery of Korea's Yi dynasty (1392-1910) embodies the very essence of Korea and its people. It was the Japanese tea masters of the sixteenth century who were attracted by them and who, by constant orders for tea bowls, encouraged their production. Thus it was that Yi pottery came to exercise a great influence on Japanese ceramic tradition. In addition to tracing the history of the Yi-dynasty wares, it provides, in an extensive section of commentaries on the photographs, a wealth of information for both the layman and the connoisseur.