경복궁景福宮 출토 19세기 백자의 제작상 특징 및 의미: 소주방지燒廚房址, 흥복전지興福殿址, 함화당咸和堂ㆍ집경당緝敬堂 행각지行閣址를 중심으로

Abstract

The Gyeongbokgung Palace that was burned down during the 16th century wars between Korea and Japan regained its original shape in the second year of King Gojong’s reign, 1865. The Japanese occupation of Korea that began soon afterward, however, again led to the deformation of the palace. Numerous excavations, investigations, and repair projects have been launched to restore the Gyeongbokgung Palace to its original shape since the end of the Japanese occupation. This series of processes, in turn, have led to the discovery of innumerable artifacts of the 19th century on the safer floors of the palace, thereby facilitating the project of chronologically ordering the Bonwon-ri white porcelain pieces. The artifacts uncovered on the site of the Gyeongbokgung Palace and dated to the 19th century provide information not only on the dates and forms of the Bunwon-ri white porcelain works, but also on the bottom heels of the Bunwon-ri white porcelain pieces as well as the jojil white porcelain works from the same period. The new styles of the heels and props of the Bunwon-ri and jojil white porcelain works from this era suggest new developments in the production of these porcelain works in the 19th century. The jojil white porcelain heels are found on the bottoms of the yangjil white porcelain works, while the heels of the yangjil white porcelain works are also found on the bottoms of the jojil porcelain works. The increasing similarities between these two types of porcelain works had not seen a precedent until the mid-Joseon period. They suggest that the quality of the Bunwon-ri porcelain works was generally leveled down in the 19th century. In particular, a scientific analysis reveals that the yangjil white porcelain works from Bunwon-ri in the 19th century were made of the same substances as those of the jojil white porcelain works from Geumsa-ri.