Myeonggi and Epitaph Tablet excavated from Yi Bang-jung Tomb

Myeonggi are vessels buried with the dead for use in the afterlife. During the Three Kingdoms period, myeonggi took various forms, including everyday vessels and figures shaped like people or horses, while in the Goryeo period everyday vessels were mainly used. In the Joseon period, from the latter half of the fifteenth century, a set style for myeonggi became established, and vessels resembling children's toy dishes came into use. These are forty-five epitaph tablets (jiseok) and myeonggi recovered when the tombs of Yi Sa-je (1547–1596), who served as Deputy Minister of Taxation and concurrently as an official of the Uigeumbu under King Seonjo of Joseon, and Yi Bang-jung (1502–1569), magistrate of Pyeongtaek, were relocated. Of the seven epitaph tablets, six bear on their front and back a record of Yi Bang-jung's dates of birth and death, his life and achievements, and the orientation of his tomb; they were buried together with the myeonggi.

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Where it is

Region

Miryang, Gyeongnam

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료