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The full moon jar in the British Museum

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by Eunjung Shin on 20 November, 2009

in British Museum, Ceramics, History & heritage, Permanent displays

Eunjung Shin commences a series of articles helping those unfamiliar with Korean art to understand some of the treasures in the Korean Gallery in the British Museum. Her first choice is the famous Moon Jar.

Whenever people ask me what the essential characteristic of Korean art is, I always answer: ‘naturalism’. The full moon jar [...]

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Getting acquainted with some of Korea’s traditional crafts

19 July 2009 Ceramics
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This week presents the opportunity to catch two exhibitions at the Korean Cultural Centre: the Living Heritage exhibition is just about to close (on 21 July), while the ceramics from Gangjin will be here until 23 July.

In an era of mass productions what has been assembled in the Cultural Centre is a collection of exquisite [...]

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An exhibition of Gangjin Celadon at the KCC

10 July 2009 Ceramics
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News of an upcoming ceramics exhibition at the KCC:
2009 European Road Show Exhibition of Gangjin Celadon Porcelain
14 July ~ 23 July 2009
The Korean Cultural Centre proudly announces the upcoming exhibition of Gangjin Craft Exhibition at the Korean Cultural Centre UK.
Once beautifully crafted, the clay is fired and glazed, a simple process which makes Koryo dynasty [...]

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Living Heritage at the KCC

27 June 2009 Ceramics
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An Exhibition of Intangible Heritage Properties produced by twenty-five of Korea’s finest Master Craftsmen and Women. 29 June ~ 21 July 2009
The Korean Cultural Centre proudly announces the upcoming exhibition of Living Heritage at the Korean Cultural Centre UK.
The title Living Heritage is one given by UNESCO that refers to the most fragile of [...]

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Inlaying techniques in Korean craft

7 December 2008 Ceramics
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Peter Corbishley digests the discussion on Korean crafts at the KCC on 2 Dec led by Professor Park Young-sook

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Vessels Gallery talk on Tuesday

7 September 2008 Ceramics
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A reminder of the lecture “Two Perspectives on UK & Korean Ceramics” at the KCC on Tuesday 9 September. I’ll be up in Cambridge watching Springtime on the Peninsula (1941) at the BAKS conference, so if anyone feels like providing a report of the lecture for this site, feel free.

Works by Sena Gu (구세나) at [...]

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Vessels at the KCC

11 August 2008 Ceramics
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The KCC’s exhibition for August and September is a juxtaposition of work by British and Korean ceramicists.
Vessels: Ceramicists from Korea & UK
Exhibition at the Korean Cultural Centre UK
12 August – 25 September 2008
Participating Artists (in alphabetical order):
Felicity Aylieff | Sena Gu | Jeong Yong Han | Chris Keenan | Sun Kim | Hyejeong Kim | [...]

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Return of Millennium Dream

3 June 2008 Ceramics

Last year the ceramic artists of North Gyeongsang province held an exhibition just off Regent Street entitled Millennium Dream, Millennium Light. This year they return to a gallery in New Malden – coinciding nicely with the first week of the New Malden Arts Festival.
As last year, the work will include that by renowned masters. Click [...]

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Asian Art in London – 10th year

21 October 2007 Art & Style in November

Asian Art in London is an annual event which unites London’s leading Asian art dealers, major auction houses and societies in a series of gallery selling exhibitions, auctions, receptions, lectures and seminars. These are complemented by exhibitions at the leading museums. This is its tenth year and it runs from 1 – 10 November 2007.
There’s [...]

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Moon jars old and new

25 September 2007 British Museum
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There were moon jars a-plenty at the British Museum on Saturday: old and new, whole and smashed, real and fake and, as is the nature of these objects, none of them perfectly spherical.

In pride of place in Room 3, just as you enter the museum, is one of the prized items in the British [...]

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Focus on a piece of happiness

12 September 2007 British Museum
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The story goes that Bernard Leach, browsing in a Seoul antiques store in the mid 1930s, came across a Choson dynasty Moon Jar and held his head in disbelief at its beauty. And, after one of the more inspired impulse buys in recent art history, he walked out of the shop “carrying a piece of [...]

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Millennium Dream

15 August 2007 Ceramics
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It’s taken a while, but here is some more information on the artists and artisans from Gyeongsangbuk-do who were exhibiting in Mayfair earlier this year. It’s a shame that their sojourn was so brief. The quality and interest of their work was equal to that displayed in the Traditional Yet Contemporary exhibition last year, and [...]

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Artisans of Gyeongsangbuk-do exhibit in Mayfair

15 June 2007 Ceramics

I apologise to the ceramists and textiles artists of North Gyeongsang Province for going to their exhibition armed only with my mobile phone. And unfortunately there aren’t any press materials with images of the high quality work on show.
From the above photo you can just about tell that the vase in the front has a [...]

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Roe Kyung-jo: From Canvas to Ceramic

25 April 2007 Ceramics
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Gallerie Besson, 15 Royal Arcade, 28 Old Bond Street, London W1S 4SP
25 April – 24 May 2007
Professor Roe Kyung-jo (노경조) made a rare appearance in London yesterday for the opening of his exhibition at Galerie Besson.
Roe’s work was on display in London last year as part of the Traditional Yet Contemporary exhibition at the Air [...]

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Traditional Yet Contemporary sale at Bonhams

22 November 2006 Ceramics

The sale of contemporary Japanese and Korean ceramics at Bonhams on 7 November was the first time that a London auction had a focus on Korean work. As such, there was a lot of admiration from buyers as to the quality of the work, but when it came to putting hands in pockets buyers were [...]

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