| Five-color enamels became a prominent style under the [[Chenghua Emperor]] (r. [[1465]]-[[1488]]), and indeed the styles changed with each reign, but blue-and-white always remained (or returned to being) dominant. | | Five-color enamels became a prominent style under the [[Chenghua Emperor]] (r. [[1465]]-[[1488]]), and indeed the styles changed with each reign, but blue-and-white always remained (or returned to being) dominant. |
| + | Simple white porcelains were highly prized in [[Joseon Dynasty]] Korea. Made with a feldspar glaze and fired at around 1300-1350 C, white porcelain is said to have been the most advanced type of porcelain in terms of its hardness.<ref>Gallery labels, National Museum of Korea.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/24791120707/in/album-72157679020060072/]</ref> |
| The first porcelain kilns in Japan were established by a Korean potter, [[Yi Sam-pyeong]] (J: Ri Sampei, [[1579]]-[[1655]]), who also brought the beginning of [[Arita wares]].<ref>Angela Schottenhammer, ''The East Asian Mediterranean: Maritime Crossroads of Culture, Commerce and Human Migration'', Otto Harrassowitz Verlag (2008), 2.</ref> The [[Nabeshima clan]] lords of [[Saga han]] made their domain a prominent center of porcelain production, maintaining an official monopoly on [[Nabeshima wares]], and from [[1805]], [[Imari porcelain]]. | | The first porcelain kilns in Japan were established by a Korean potter, [[Yi Sam-pyeong]] (J: Ri Sampei, [[1579]]-[[1655]]), who also brought the beginning of [[Arita wares]].<ref>Angela Schottenhammer, ''The East Asian Mediterranean: Maritime Crossroads of Culture, Commerce and Human Migration'', Otto Harrassowitz Verlag (2008), 2.</ref> The [[Nabeshima clan]] lords of [[Saga han]] made their domain a prominent center of porcelain production, maintaining an official monopoly on [[Nabeshima wares]], and from [[1805]], [[Imari porcelain]]. |