Kiln Site in Jinseo-ri, Buan

Together with the Yucheon-ri Kiln Site (a Historic Site), this is a representative celadon kiln site of the middle Goryeo period, spanning the 11th to the 13th century, and it lies on the coast not far from the Yucheon-ri kiln site. It is a place where many fragments of iron-painted celadon (cheolhoe cheongja) have been found, but much of the site has now become paddies and fields or lies right at the shoreline, so the damage is severe. Jinseo-ri is the collective name for the villages of Yeon-dong, Sinjak-ri and Gujak-ri, and about 40 kiln sites remain in all. When discovered, the kilns had been built on the southern slope of a hill extending toward the coast, so their lower sections had already collapsed under the action of seawater. Each kiln was made by digging a long pit into the slope and building it up in a rounded form from both upper sides, with two smoke vents at the top. They were partitioned kilns with several chambers, the bottom of each partition having two grate bars. Excavation of the kilns yielded a large quantity of biscuit-fired (unglazed, first-fired) fragments dating mainly from around the 13th century, along with a smaller quantity of celadon fragments. The most common ceramic shapes found are bal bowls, dishes and rice bowls, along with maebyeong vases, bottles, janggu (hourglass-shaped drums), hap (small lidded bowls), wan bowls and ewers. A variety of techniques were used, including incising, relief carving, inlay and iron-painting, with chrysanthemum, lotus, peony, scroll, cloud-and-crane, and willow designs used as decoration.

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Where it is

Region

Buan, Jeonbuk

Designation

Historic Site · 사적