Goryeo Celadon

Timeline

1. 900–1100Kaesong · KaesongBuilding on Tang and Song celadon technology, the Goryeo dynasty established official and local kilns, gradually developing a distinctive celadon color range and vessel system under reduction-fired iron-containing glazes.
2. 1200–1250Gangjin County · South Jeolla ProvinceIn the 13th century the craft of inlaid celadon (sanggam cheongja) matured, with designs of flowers, birds, clouds, and cranes incised into the body and filled with white or black clay; fine pieces reached Song and Yuan courts and Japan via tribute and trade routes, becoming a major luxury export good.
3. 1250–1350Korean Peninsula · Korean PeninsulaAfter the Mongol invasions Goryeo became a Yuan vassal, and celadon continued to circulate as tribute and trade goods; Japanese temples and warrior houses also collected Goryeo celadon, and both archaeology and documents attest to continuous exports from the 13th to 14th centuries.
4. 1350–1392Korean Peninsula · Korean PeninsulaLate-14th-century warfare disrupted kiln production; after the Joseon dynasty was founded in 1392, ceramic taste shifted to white porcelain, and Goryeo celadon entered the history of East Asian art as the technical summit of its era.