The wreckage of a Joseon-era cargo ship has been found off the coast of South Korea’s Mado Island.
“A pilot excavation of the shipwreck site resulted in the discoveries of two buncheong-ware ceramics. It’s highly likely that the vessel is from the Joseon era,” the institute said in a press release.
Buncheong refers to ceramics with a gray or bluish-green body, decorated with white. It is associated with the earlier part of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910).
The salvaging of 111 pieces of white ceramics ? all thought to date back to the late 18th or early 19th century ? from the sea floor near the shipwreck site also increased the likelihood of the vessel being a Joseon-era relic.
Story: Korea Herald | Photo: Yonhap
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