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Epitaph Plaques for Yi Kyung-Suk

Asian Art

MEDIUM Glazed ceramic with underglaze iron red
  • Place Made: Korea
  • DATES ca. 1671
    DYNASTY Joseon dynasty
    DIMENSIONS 9 13/16 × 8 1/16 in. (25 × 20.5 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Asian Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 2019.42.5a-c
    CREDIT LINE Gift of the Carroll Family Collection
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Three epitaph panels for Yi Kyung-suk (1595-1671). Each plaque consists of 12 lines of text, plus a "page number" at the far right. A chair and canes belonging to Yi Kyung-suk are in the Gyeonggi Provincial Museum (Korean treasure #930) , said to have been given to him by King Hyunjong.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Epitaph Plaques for Yi Kyung-Suk, ca. 1671. Glazed ceramic with underglaze iron red, 9 13/16 × 8 1/16 in. (25 × 20.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2019.42.5a-c (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2019.42.5c_front_PS11.jpg)
    IMAGE front, 2019.42.5c_front_PS11.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2020
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     <em>Epitaph Plaques for Yi Kyung-Suk</em>, ca. 1671. Glazed ceramic with underglaze iron red, 9 13/16 × 8 1/16 in. (25 × 20.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2019.42.5a-c (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2019.42.5c_front_PS11.jpg)

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