The set of thirty-four epitaph tablets (myoji) commemorates the life of O Myeong-hang (1673–1728), a scholar-official and calligrapher who served under several Joseon kings and eventually rose to the position of state councillor. An important historical document, the set provides insight into the mortuary practices of Neo-Confucian society in eighteenth-century Korea, when epitaphs describing the life and achievements of the deceased were written on stone or ceramic tablets and placed inside graves.
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해은부원군 오명항 묘지 조선 海恩府院君吳命恒 墓誌 朝鮮
Title:Epitaph tablets (myoji)
Period:Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
Date:dated 1736
Culture:Korea
Medium:Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue design
Dimensions:Each: H. 9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm); W. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Classification:Ceramics
Credit Line:Gift of The Honorable Joseph P. Carroll and Mrs. Carroll, to commemorate the opening of the Arts of Korea Gallery, 1998
Accession Number:1998.486.1–.34
The Honorable Joseph P. Carroll and Mrs. Carroll , New York (until 1998; donated to MMA)
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New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Arts of Korea," May 19–November 7, 2010.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Representation/Abstraction in Korean Art," November 23, 2010–March 20, 2011.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Art of Korea: Buddhism and Buddhist Art," December 9, 2011–June 3, 2012.
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New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Korea: 100 Years of Collecting at the Met," February 7, 2015–March 27, 2016.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Essential Korea," June 7, 2018–November 14, 2021.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Jegi: Korean Ritual Objects," August 6, 2022–October 15, 2023 (on view August 6, 2022–October 15, 2023).
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