The most important document concerning ceramics of the Goryeo Dynasty in Korea is an inscription in the Seonghwa Bongsa Goryeo Zujeong (Illustrated Scroll of the Goryeo Dynasty), written in 1124 (Seonhwa 6) by Xu Guo of the Song dynasty in China. The most important document on celadon porcelain of the Goryeo Dynasty is an inscription by Xu Xu Xue of the Song Dynasty in 1124 (Seonghwa 6), which states, “Celadon porcelain of the Goryeo Dynasty is called jade in color, and in recent years its production has become more skillful and the colors more vivid. The incense burner of the high priest is also colored, with a hidden beast above and a lotus below, and is the most exquisite of all the vessels used in this collection.
It is the most exquisite of all the vessels. It is similar to the ancient and secret colors of Yuezhou and the new kiln wares of Ruzhou. However, there is no illustration of this book today. According to this, the founding of the Goryeo jade color kiln was probably not far from Seonhwa. The kiln sites are scattered throughout the region, including Daeguchi-Myeon, Gangjin-Gun, Jeollanam-do Province. The types of ceramics produced during the Goryeo period were divided into Goryeo celadon, Goryeo white porcelain, and Goryeo black porcelain (black Goryeo), and continued from around 1124 (Injong II), when the Goryeo Pictorial Sutra was written, to the end of the dynasty.
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