Placenta Jar and Cover with Stamped Design and the Inscription of “Gyeongju-jangheunggo”
Artifact Name
(English) Placenta Jar and Cover with Stamped Design and the Inscription of “Gyeongju-jangheunggo”
(Korean) 분청사기 인화문 ‘경주장흥고’명 태호
(Chinese Character) 粉靑沙器印花文慶州長興庫銘胎壺
Culture/PeriodJoseon 15th century
MaterialsBuncheong Ware
DimensionsH. 21.5cm
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Description
Jangheunggo is the government office that prepared and distributed mat and paper goods used at palaces. It was installed in the first year of King Taejo(1392), imitating the system in the Goryeo Period, and abolished in the year of King Gojong (1894). Buncheong ware with the inscription of “Jangheunggo” and “Insubu” were mainly produced in the Gyeongsangdo Province but some were also found in the Chungcheong-do Province.
