A Damun-Cheon Wang (多聞天王) of 4 Havenly Kings (四天王): (King of the North); Korea, Unified Silla Dynasty (668-935), This Damun-Cheon Wang is one of Four Hevenly Kings (Four Kings:四天王, Jiguk-Cheon, Jeungjang-Cheon, Gwangmok-Cheon and Damun- Cheion) in Buddhism, and King of the North. He has powers, all knowing, hears all and always listening, and this king carries magic umbrella, mongoose and stupa with supermatural power that protect against thunderstorms. This is one o...

A Very Fine High Relief Carved White Water Dropper: Korea, Choson period, late 18th -early 19th Century, This is a very fine white glazed square formed porcelain water dropper carved in high relief with a plum spray on the top, and it is set on raised feet. It is covered with warm and milky white glaze overall evenly. It is in fine condition except one tiny water spout repaired.. Measures 1 ½” h.. x 2 ½”x2 ½”.

A Finely Molded/Decorated Celadon Shallow Dish: Korea, Koryo period, 12th -13th Century, It has an interior molded with a band of foliage above the wide, flat well and covered with a thick blue-green celadon glaze and three spur marks on the shallow base within the short and circular foot. It’s in fine condition except an area of exteriors oxidized. Measures 5 ¼” x 1 ¾” h.

Very Fine and Rare Silver Inlaid Iron Brazier (a source of heating and light), hexagonal shape, beautifully rendered and in excellent condition...

A Very Rare Punchong Jar with Incised Fish Deco. 15th C.: Korea, Joseon Period, 15th Century. The flattened globular-form jar on raised foot and sloping to a narrow neck with flarded moutn, decorated in brush-applied wihte slip with a finely crackled clear glaze, and incised with a fish decoration on a flattened side, its 1/4th of the body from the bottom unglazed with white slip. It has a mouth repaired professionally, otherwise it’s in very fine condition. It measures 8 1/8” h...

A Fine Round-Shape White Porcelain Small Jarlet: Korea, Choson period, 19th Century It is formed with a compressed globular body applied with evenly white tinged slight thick white glaze overall body, its bottom also very clean.with a kiln grit. It is in very fine condition with a short hair line crack on the mouth rim. Measures 10cm h. x 10.5cm d.

A Rare Koryo Bronze Mirror with a Flying Dragon: Korea, Koryo dynasy, 11th-13th Century. Of a floral foliate designed in rim, 8 floating clouds between rings, and a large flying single Kirin-Dragon around the center, the knob raised and pierced. It’s in fair condition with a silvery dark green patina on the mirror surface and some earth and green encrustation and has a pin hole on the face. It measures 12.55cm (4 7/8”)

A Very Fine Blue and White Dragon Bottle: Korea, Choson period, 19th century, This is a large and fine blue underglaze dragon wine bottle, slightly compressed globular body rising to a tall neck with flared mouth, well painted with a dragon pursuing flaming pearl through clouds. It is in perfect condition. Measures: 11” high and 6 ½” diameter. ***For a very similar dragon bottle sold at the Christie’s, New York, 4/27/1994 page44, lot #58

A Very Rare and Large Standing Buddha; Tathagata, (Nam Mu Myo Saek Sin Yeo Rae ip-sang; Korea, Choson, 18th Century, Hanging Scroll This large standing Buddha, Tathagata (one of five or seven standing Buddhas) with feet slightly apart with hands held together, draped in loose robes falling in regular folds at the chest, wide face with finely arched brows centering a small white urna above slightly open eyes, and there are too much details to describe this standing figure...

A Very Rare and Large Standing Buddha; Amrta-raja, (Gam Ro Wang Yeo Rae ip-sang: Korea, Choson, 18th Century, Hanging Scroll This large standing Buddh, Amrta-raja (one of five or seven standing Buddhas), with feet slightly apart with hands held together, draped in loose robes falling in regular folds at the chest, wide face with finely arched brows centering a small white urna above slightly open eyes, and there are too much details to describe this standing figure...

A Very Fine Lacquered Wood Wedding Gift Box: Korea, Choson dynasty, 19th Century This is of square form of marriage gift carrying chest to bride from bridegroom, mounted with brass edges mounts cast as stylized flowers and brass lockplate with as a long handle, lower pull drawer with a stylized C hanle, and with a stand. *** This type of wedding box or “Ham” so called, the day before wedding ceremony, bridegroom males deliver a container of wedding gifts to a bride from a bridegroom t...

A Very Fine and Rare Celadon Deep Wine (Tea) Cup: Korea, Koryo period, 12th century, This is a really fine and well formed Koryo celadon wine cup; highly rounded sides rising from the low foot to the slightly in-turned rim, applied with a clear, crackled bluish, green celadon glaze extending over the foot ring, the base unglazed with firing earth traces. It is in mint condition. Measures: 3 ½”diameter and 2 ½” high.

A Very Rare and Fine White Porcelain Jar-15th C. Korea, early Choson period, 15th century This jar is extremely rare as a Korean white porcelain from early Choson dynasty. Of compressed globular form set on a slanted ring foot and with a flated, wide mouth, converted by a transparent glaze with even sheen, slight green tinged white graze appied over the surface and bottom, unglazed and kiln grit aheded on the foot rim. It has a hair line crack on the botton, which probably occurred during f...

A Large and Old Map of Korean Peninsula “Hae Joa Jun Do”: Korea, Choson Dynasty, 19th Century This old and large map of Korean peninsula p made in ink and color (blue and red faded) on Korean rice paper, togther with printed list of distance from various places to the capital, a milage chart of the distandes between cities, and other milage charts, described of all cities and histories of Korean peninsula geological events by regions, and other detailed descriptions. This is an amag...

A Very Fine and Rare Square White Glazed Cake Molder: Korea, Choson period, 19th century, A rare and an unusual square formed cake molder with a thick and very refined clay and clear blue tinged glaze, deep carved with A character ,“BOK”, Happiness in the leaf (stylized oak leaf) shape surrounded by a carved leaf shaped line and another carved leaf shaped line with a jig jag saw This type of white glazed cake molder with unusual carved decoration is extremely rare, the bottom u...

A Rare Octagonal Blue/White Porcelain Water Dropper: Korea, Choson period, 19th century The hexofoil water dropper painted in underglaze blue on the flat cover with a seascape with boats and mountains within a line border followint the scalloped edge of the dropper, the six large sides painted with a single character also in underglaze blue above a single blue line, flat base unglazed. It is in fine condition but some chips on the base. Measrurements: 7.6cm h...

A Rare Fan-Shape Blue Porcelain Water Dropper: Korea, Choson dynasty, 19th century The curved slab-sided, fan-shape, with a flat base, porcelain water dropper, covered overall in underglaze cobalt blue and by a transparent glaze with high sheen, the bast unglazed. It’s in vey fine condition without any damages, Measurements: 8cm L. x 2.2cm h.

A Fine Small Blue and White Porcelain Jarlet: Korea, Choson dynasty, 19th century, inscribed 8 characters This unusual cylindrical body wity characters sharply tapering to a raised and recessed ring foot and a sharply sloping shoulder with slightly raised colar, decorated with 8 characters in underglaze blue and an overall slightly green-tinged white glaze. It is in very fine condition but light hairline crack on the rim. Measurements: 8.5cm h. x 8cm d.