Patterns and Characteristics of Chinese Pottery Excavated in Baekje Area

This paper aims to examine the period-specific aspects of Chinese ceramics imported into Baekje and to understand the characteristics of imported Chinese ceramics by comparing them with the aspects excavated in China where they were produced. By examining what types of Chinese ceramics were imported, we understand the characteristics and roles of Chinese ceramics imported into Baekje and further examine the influence of Chinese ceramics on Baekje. In particular, we examine the similarities and differences between the aspects and characteristics of Chinese ceramics excavated in the Baekje region and those excavated from historical sites in China to understand their characteristics. When comparing the Chinese ceramics excavated in the Baekje region with the appearance of the Six Dynasties and Sui and Tang Dynasties ceramics excavated from relics in China, it can be seen that only a very limited number of types were imported. In addition, there is no celadon with a strong decorative form, and there is no hieroglyphic inscription that depicts people or various shapes. This proves that the types of Chinese ceramics that appear in large numbers in the Baekje region were not imported for burial purposes, but were imported and used as everyday containers and buried together with other burial items. In addition, among the imported ceramics, the celadon inkstone and celadon bowl were converted into earthenware during the Baekje period and made into earthenware bowls and inkstones, which suggests that inkstones and bowls were the objects of special interest to the Baekje people when they encountered Chinese celadon. Understanding and analyzing the current status of excavations in relics in China is very important because it allows us to examine not only the actual state of the burial, but also the appearance and changes in the celadon produced by period, and the process of change in the nature of the burial items through organic relationships with burial items made of other materials. In the future, this part is expected to be further supplemented and play a preliminary role as comparative data with China in relation to Chinese ceramics in the Baekje region.