Skip Navigation

Collection Menu
<em>Epitaph Plaques</em>, 1631. Glazed ceramic with underglaze iron red, 8 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (21.2 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2019.42.4a-c (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2019.42.4a_front_PS11.jpg)
Epitaph Plaques, 1631. Glazed ceramic with underglaze iron red, 8 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (21.2 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2019.42.4a-c (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2019.42.4a_front_PS11.jpg)
<em>Epitaph Plaques</em>, 1631. Glazed ceramic with underglaze iron red, 8 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (21.2 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2019.42.4a-c (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2019.42.4c_front_PS11.jpg)

Epitaph Plaques, 1631. Glazed ceramic with underglaze iron red, 8 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (21.2 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2019.42.4a-c (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2019.42.4c_front_PS11.jpg)

<em>Epitaph Plaques</em>, 1631. Glazed ceramic with underglaze iron red, 8 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (21.2 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2019.42.4a-c (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2019.42.4b_front_PS11.jpg)

Epitaph Plaques, 1631. Glazed ceramic with underglaze iron red, 8 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (21.2 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2019.42.4a-c (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2019.42.4b_front_PS11.jpg)

<em>Epitaph Plaques</em>, 1631. Glazed ceramic with underglaze iron red, 8 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (21.2 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2019.42.4a-c (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2019.42.4a_front_PS11.jpg)

Epitaph Plaques, 1631. Glazed ceramic with underglaze iron red, 8 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (21.2 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2019.42.4a-c (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2019.42.4a_front_PS11.jpg)

<em>Epitaph Plaques</em>, 1631. Glazed ceramic with underglaze iron red, 8 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (21.2 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2019.42.4a-c (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2019.42.4a-c_PS11.jpg)

Epitaph Plaques, 1631. Glazed ceramic with underglaze iron red, 8 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (21.2 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2019.42.4a-c (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2019.42.4a-c_PS11.jpg)

<em>Epitaph Plaques</em>, 1631. Glazed ceramic with underglaze iron red, 8 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (21.2 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2019.42.4a-c (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2019.42.4c_back_PS11.jpg)

Epitaph Plaques, 1631. Glazed ceramic with underglaze iron red, 8 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (21.2 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2019.42.4a-c (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2019.42.4c_back_PS11.jpg)

<em>Epitaph Plaques</em>, 1631. Glazed ceramic with underglaze iron red, 8 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (21.2 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2019.42.4a-c (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2019.42.4b_back_PS11.jpg)

Epitaph Plaques, 1631. Glazed ceramic with underglaze iron red, 8 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (21.2 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2019.42.4a-c (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2019.42.4b_back_PS11.jpg)

<em>Epitaph Plaques</em>, 1631. Glazed ceramic with underglaze iron red, 8 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (21.2 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2019.42.4a-c (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2019.42.4a_back_PS11.jpg)

Epitaph Plaques, 1631. Glazed ceramic with underglaze iron red, 8 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (21.2 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2019.42.4a-c (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2019.42.4a_back_PS11.jpg)

<em>Epitaph Plaques</em>, 1631. Glazed ceramic with underglaze iron red, 8 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (21.2 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2019.42.4a-c (Photo: , CUR.2019.42.4a-c.jpg)

Epitaph Plaques, 1631. Glazed ceramic with underglaze iron red, 8 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (21.2 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2019.42.4a-c (Photo: , CUR.2019.42.4a-c.jpg)

DOWNLOAD

Epitaph Plaques

Asian Art

MEDIUM Glazed ceramic with underglaze iron red
DATES 1631
DYNASTY Joseon dynasty
DIMENSIONS 8 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (21.2 × 14 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Asian Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 2019.42.4a-c
CREDIT LINE Gift of the Carroll Family Collection
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Three epitaph plaques, identity of commemorated individual to be determined, but given the date to 1631, the individual likely lived from the end of the 16th century to circa 1631. Each plaque consists of 8 lines of text. One plaque is slightly discolored (yellow) and has an old repair that obscures part of the text. Some characters have been re-written on top of the repair. Each plaque has a line of text written on one long edge.
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Epitaph Plaques, 1631. Glazed ceramic with underglaze iron red, 8 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (21.2 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2019.42.4a-c (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2019.42.4a_front_PS11.jpg)
IMAGE front, 2019.42.4a_front_PS11.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2020
"CUR" at the beginning of an image file name means that the image was created by a curatorial staff member. These study images may be digital point-and-shoot photographs, when we don\'t yet have high-quality studio photography, or they may be scans of older negatives, slides, or photographic prints, providing historical documentation of the object.
RIGHTS STATEMENT
RECORD COMPLETENESS
Not every record you will find here is complete. More information is available for some works than for others, and some entries have been updated more recently. Records are frequently reviewed and revised, and we welcome any additional information you might have.
<em>Epitaph Plaques</em>, 1631. Glazed ceramic with underglaze iron red, 8 3/8 × 5 1/2 in. (21.2 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2019.42.4a-c (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2019.42.4a_front_PS11.jpg)

TAGS

Korea

TAGS

Korea

RELATED OBJECTS

Ewer with Cover Po-dae Scholar Contemplating a Cascade Dragon Jar Funerary Urn with Cover Illuminated Page of Calligraphy in nastaliq script Pedestal Jar Statue of a Civil Minister Spirit Shrine Dragon Jar Bowl Epitaph Plaques for Kim Kook-Gwang Epitaph Plaques for Oh Chu-Tan Epitaph Plaques for Yi Jun-Kyung Epitaph Plaques for Yi Ha-Jin Epitaph Plaques for Yi Kyung-Suk