Inlaid celadon (sanggam)
Celadón con incrustaciones (sanggam)
- Date
- c. 1150 · confidence medium
- Place
- Gangjin, South Jeolla, South Korea
- Credited to
- Goryeo potters
- Field
- Matter & energy
What it is
A technique that carves the motif into the raw piece, fills it with white and black clays and covers it with celadon's green glaze. It is an innovation of Goryeo, highly prized even at the Song court.
What it led to
- Joseon buncheong ware
- the export of celadon to China and Japan