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Round white porcelain without any decorations is called a 'moon jar'.

It is said that it was a cherished item of the Joseon Dynasty's nobles for its simple and modest beauty, and there are many contemporary artists paying attention to its charm.



By Lee Joo-sang, staff reporter.



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Great White Porcelain Lake, Hwi Young-cheong It is called the moon jar because it looks like a rising full moon.



However, if you look closely, it is not perfectly round.



I made the upper and lower halves separately and glued them together, but the seam was not smooth.



Even the glaze drip marks are clear.



It is known that the moon jar was a vessel to be easily made and used in the ravaged life after the Imjin War.



However, the modest beauty that came out of such simplicity and simplicity captured the hearts of the Joseon scholars.



Some are designated as national treasures or treasures, and they are priced in the billions of won per piece.



[Kim Jong-chun / CEO of Daboseong Gallery: I know that blue and white porcelain or various relics were preferred over white porcelain moon jars in the late Joseon Dynasty.]



It was Kim Whanki, a master of modern art, who brought the moon jar, which had been forgotten for a while, to the spotlight again.



Kim Whanki bought a moon jar whenever he had money and used it as a material in various works.



Now, moon jars are being made in pottery villages across the country, including Gwangju and Icheon, Gyeonggi-do.



Even the traditional method of baking in a kiln with pine wood is restored.



[Minsu Kang/Writer: The natural form is so beautiful that I decided to work on it to publicize the naturalness.]



Moon jars are changing into various shapes.



Reinterpret it as pop art, or emphasize femininity with a material such as pomegranate in the moon jar relief work.



[Seung Ji-min/Writer: As a writer of the 21st century, I wanted to make a moon jar that really shows our contemporaneity with the emotions of Koreans in the 21st century.]



Moon jars are floating in everyone's minds beyond the times.



(Video editing: Lee Seung-yeol, VJ: Oh Se-gwan)