Born in Seoul in 1938, Gyeomsa, Choi Young-do (1938~ ) donated 1,500 pieces of earthwares that he had collected during his 40 years of service as a low professional. Earthwares are typical artifacts that represent each period. The collection encompasses gray earthwares

from Pre-Three Kingdom Period, earthwares from the Three Kingdom Period of Silla, Baekje, Gaya, to those used by the common people of Goryeo and Joseon Dynasty. Such diverse artifacts are a precious resource to review the overall changes of the Korean earthware

culture.
Soojeong (水晶 ) Park Byoung-rae (朴秉來) was a doctor who treated those who were in dire needs. He wholeheartedly appreciated

Korean fine art and collected Korean ceramics for half a century from the 1920s under the Japanese colonial rule of Korea with a view to ruminate on our history. In March 1974, he donated 362 pieces of ceramics from his collection to the National Museum of Korea so as to

practice his belief that great cultural assets should be appreciated and studied by many people. The donated cultural assets are mainly ceramics made from kilns in Geumsari and Bunwonri, Gwangju between the 18th and 19th centuries, with blue and white porcelain being

dominant. Exuding unvarying elegance, these ceramics are masterpieces that cannot be excluded in the research and appreciation of white porcelain during the Joseon Dynasty. Especially notable is a range of Chinese ink water containers that once decorated

Sarangbang of Confucius scholars. In various shapes, these containers are a joy to our eyes and clearly show his affection and love to Korean art. Besides, we can conjecture his noble nature from ceramics with simple beauty and neat patterns such as ‘orchid patterned

white porcelain in a bottle gourd shape’ (treasure no. 1058) and ‘orchid and bamboo patterned white porcelain bottle’