KOREAN COLLECTIONS DATABASE

Hamburg University (Germany), in collaboration with the Overseas Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation (OKCHF), commissioned us to structure and develop a research website designed to collect and present information on Joseon diplomatic activities in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as well as on related Korean artefacts currently held as artworks or ethnographic items in various European collections.
The research focuses primarily on Goryeo-period celadons and export paintings produced during the Open Ports Period (1876–1910) in Joseon, Korea—ceramics that hold a symbolic place in the history of Korean material culture.