Tag: Celadon

Exhibitions & Performances

The Return of the Celadons: A Visit to the National Research Institute of Maritime Cultural Heritage

Gwangju News

Written by Monk Jang Gyong Whether one likes it or not, we live in societies that are embedded in a larger and more homogeneous system of global capitalist organizations. Perhaps … Read More

Features

The Color of Nirvana

Gwangju News

The pitcher was small and stoneware, but it was green celadon, what Koreans call cheong-ja (청자), and an antique besides, over five hundred years old – crafted in an era of Korean history as renowned for its ceramics as the European Renaissance is for painting.