Koryo Potteries are Discovered, Seeing the Light of Day After 900 Years.

The Korean National Maritime Museum, under the supervision of the Cultural Properties Administration, discovered many celadon porcelains of the Koryo Era – which shows the lifestyles of high-class people well – as a result of a month-long intensive probe in the shore of Gunsan, Cheonbuk since October 21. On the morning of November 24, Yun Yong-yi, a professor of Myongji University, was looking at a Pyun-byung (a pottery with a round body and a flat side), which was discovered during this excavation, at the explanation meeting held in the National Cultural Properties Research Institute. Furthermore, many peculiar relics, including the Gwanggu-byung, a pottery with a wide mouth (left-side of Professor Yun) and the pad for the spoons and chopsticks (center in frontline) were pulled up.

Dong-Joo Kim zoo@donga.com