The ceramics culture of traditional Korea has a long and rich history of various interactions with China and Japan on one hand and indigeneous creative forces on the other. Its artistic achievements, especially of the pisaek(jadelike color) and inlaid celadons, assume the position of the highest pride in Korean people's heart. Yet its values are hardly recognized abroad with exception of Japan and maybe China, as it is often taken as merely a variation of Chinese ceramics culture which exerted such a dominant force in world development of ceramics art and industry. It is also characterized within Korea by an irony of its creators being ignored in the low social status and its technology ignored by the learned circle of Confucian scholars. Until now the Korean ceramics has been studied from historical, functional, and artistic points of view. This study attempts to initiate a scientific and technological examination. The scientific and technological research efforts on ceramics are introduced by first showing the experimental efforts of Europeans in developing their white porcelain in the 17th and 18th centuries and then showing the recent analytical works on ceramic sherds in U.S., England, and China. The scientific and technological nature of ceramics is explained by examining the various production stages and the actual physical and chemical changes during its production. Then the artistic characteristics of Korean ceramics is examined closely especially comparing with those of Chinese ceramics. As a starting point for understanding such characteristics from scientific and technological point, the Korean literature on technical aspects of pottery making is examined, and the raw materials used in modern reproduction efforts are analyzed for their chemical and mineral composition. An integrated understanding of the artistic and technological nature is hoped to be gained by combining such diverse studies together in examining the Korean ceramics culture.