조선시대 백자편병(白磁扁甁)의 연원과 성격

Abstract

White porcelain flask (白磁扁甁) is vessel which has flat front side and back side of body and intentionally-created angular sides attaching seperatedly-produced mouth rim and heel. Appearing for the first time in the Joeseon Dynasty, White porcelain flask was identified as one of specific vessel created by new producing method in royal kiln in the area of Gwangju, Gyeonggido. However, the studies on White porcelain flask have been insufficient only with partial mentions due to the lack of materials. Therefore, this study attempts to examine the formative origin and overall formative transformations to understand the characteristics of white porcelain flask. The formative origin of white porcelain flask in the Joseon Dynasty is founded to be derived from bronze flask in the ancient China. Along with the establishment of Joseon based on Confucianism as its political ideology, it is assumed that white porcelain flask was produced as a part of new ceremonial vessel(儀禮用 器皿), Liquor vessel(酒器) to study Yeje(禮制) and Goje(古制). Moreover, white porcelain flask is royal kiln white porcelain with prestigious status that carefully followed the protocols from Yegi(禮記), since it was produced in limited numbers to maintain high quality targeting specific social classes including Joseon royal palace. Therefore, the implication of the study is to identify the formative origin and features of white porcelain flask as a product of the political ideology of Confucianism in the Joseon Dynasty.