조선 왕실에서 쓰인 그릇: 15-16세기 백자기, 금기, 은기, 유기의 관계를 중심으로 = Vessels Employed for Important Functions in the Joseon Royal Court: focused on white-porcelain, gold, silver and copper vessels during the 15th and 16th centuries

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The present article aims to examine the functions in which vessels made respectively of white porcelain, gold, silver and copper were employed at the Joseon(1392-1910) royal court from the early 15th century throughout the 16th centuries, It also traces the values of those types of vessels during the time frame. This study eventually attempts to explore and highlight the evolution of the materials with which vessels, employed in specific functions, were made, and the shift of values assigned to them in the East Asian traditional society, Ceramic wares were often replaceable with vessels made using other types of materials, in particular, those made of metal including gold, silver and copper, The consumption of these met-als could often be closely related to larger economy and politics of a state. It is known that from the reign of King Sejong (r. 1418-1450), after the exemption of the annual tribute of gold and silver to Ming imperial court, white porcelain wares began to replace gold and silver vessels for use in important functions at the royal court, The replacement was made in order to save on gold and silver, and to avoid exposing the use of them to Chinese envoys, which might provoke a claim for the re-institution of the annual tribute, It is generally believed that from that point onwards, white porcelain wares emerged as the utmost important type of royal court wares throughout the Joseon dynasty. Yet, scholarly attention has hardly been paid to the types of materials employed in the similar functions in later periods, probably under the premise that the situation continued. Thepaper shows, however, how gold, silver and copper vessels again replaced a large percentage of white porcelain wares of important functions inside me royal house, and how me use and value of these types of vessels began to rapidly shift particularly from sometime during the first half of me 16m centuries. The paper further examines the relationship between this shift and certain political, diplomatic and ideological elements, as well as eco-nomic conditions of me society. The study finally highlights the parallels between the shift, and the evolution of techniques and styles of white porcelain wares during the 15th and 16m centuries.

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