Page 46 - Korean Buncheong Ceramics, Samsung Museum Collection (great book)

Figure 1.10 Overview of Hakbong-ri kilns, excavated at Gongju, south Chungcheong Province

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century, were larger, measuring from 63 ft. 3 in. (19 m) to 139 ft. 10 in. (42 m) long and 39 ⁄8 in. (1 m)
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to 90 ⁄8 in. (2.3 m) wide (see fig. 1.10). The kilns of Cheonan, from the sixteenth century, measured
from 60 ft. 11 ⁄8 in. (18.3 m) to 68 ft. 3 in. (20.5 m) long and from 51 ⁄4 in. (1.3 m) to 70 ⁄8 in. (1.8 m) wide,
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suggesting that buncheong kilns increased in width over time. The kilns of Wanju in Jeolla Province
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measured 111 ft. 2 ⁄8 in. (33.4 m) long and 51 ⁄4 in. (1.3 m) wide, similar in width to the Chungcheong
Province kilns. The kilns of Gwangju, in operation in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, were
68 ft. 7 in. (20.6 m) long, which is relatively short, but 51 ⁄4 in. (1.3 m) wide, comparable to other kilns.
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