A Pure White Glazed Blue and White Porcelain Dish: Korea, Choson period, 19th Century, This blue and white dish incised with a �gcharacter �܁h on the base is a very rare and is for the imperial palace use. A pure white glaze applied overall the body with a �gHappiness, ���h within a double ring in underglaze blue. It is in fine condition except a �gT�h shape glaze crack on the foot base (see photos). It measures 6 5/8�h d...

Very Rare Calligraphy by Kang Se Hwang aka Pyo Am (1713-1791), artist, calligrapher, art scholar and critic, and one of the most important figures and the most influential scholar-painter of 18th Century Korea...

Rare and Beautifully Embroidered Joseon Dynasty Korean Scholar's Rank Badge (Fusu) adorned with metallic thread throughout giving it a luxurious sheen. After 19 years in business, we have finally acquired a rare Korean rank badge (fusu) for the first time. This one belonged to a scholar aristocrat, as indicated by the cranes...

Geese and Reeds Painting (Noando) on fine silk mounted on luxurious gold silk by Yang Ki Hun aka Seokyeon (1843-1897) from Pyeongyang, signed Seokyeon. Yang Ki Hun's signature 'boneless' style (painting without outlines, using ink washes) beautifully captures light and shade. The literal meaning of 'noando' is reed and geese painting, but it is a play on words, as 'no' means both reed and old, and 'an' means both geese and comfort ('do' means painting)...

A 12 Panel Grape Vine Screen by Choi Suk Whan (1808-?): Korea, Choson Period, Dated 1877 This rare continuous 12 panel painted in ink and real grape juice with a big grape vine on paper. Dated and Signed;(Jung Chook Kook Jin Sim Bang, and Woo Ryun Jung Sa Rang-Kok Sa. It is in fine condition with minor soils related with age (It has normal, minimal damages in this 19th century old in Korean screen)...

Antique Korean ceramic vase with long neck and wide mouth. Decorated beautiful deep celadon glaze with dramatic drips and crackle surface. The rim of the vase has several gold kintsugi repairs showing it has been part of a treasured collection for many years.
Goryeo (고려; 高麗 918–1392), also spelled as Koryŏ, was a Korean kingdom established in 918 by King Taejo. This kingdom later gave name to the modern exonym "Korea"...

A Korean Very Rare/Finely Silver Inlaid Iron Incense Burner: Korea, late Joseon dynasty, or early 20th century. Of hexagonal section mouted on raised braket feet, the six faces of the body curved and the upright, flat mouth with unusual white brass mouth-rimmed around, and also hexagonal, inlaid in silver on the sides with auspicious charaters, happiness and longgevity, in medallions within key frets, on the legs wth flower scroll and key frets, and two white brass handles in the shape ...

We have been trying since we opened 18 years ago to acquire a Kim Gyu Jin painting, but they are all either stored in museums or firmly entrenched in private collections. His works are in the collections of the world's biggest museums, including the Metropolitan Museum and the British Museum. There is just one other one on the market, as shown in the last photo here...

Late 18th - early 19th century Korean porcelain dish used in ceremonial rites of ancestor worship. The dish is concave so that the ceremonial meat or cake could be placed on it. Simple round shape and foot with slight waist express harmony needed for the ritual. Sand particles adhering to the foot and forming a circle on the dish itself (apparently those dishes were fired in stacks, so the circle is the print of a dish that was fired standing on this one)...

A Very Fine Korean Blue/White Slip Inlaid Celadon Wine Cup-Stand-13th C.: Korea, Goryeo dynasty, 12th-13th century...

Korean two-unit stacked chest (ichung nong) with beautiful persimmon wood front panels, and a fruitwood frame. brass hardware, four rectangular top drawers with brass bat-shaped handles, and a set of hinged drawers on each unit with a large brass butterfly lock in the center and brass butterfly hinges. The Korean word for 'bat' is a homophone for the Chinese word for 'good fortune', so bats are considered a good luck charm, and butterflies represent happiness...

Rare Type of Korean Antique Dining Table with Engraved Floral Scrolls and Calligraphy of Happiness and Long Life Characters. If you are interested, we can provide information on a very similar Korean table that recently sold at an auction in Korea for $4000. These types of tables are rare and much sought-after by collectors...

A Fine and Rare Korean Civil Rank Badge(흉배-Hyungbae)-19th C.: Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century. For a civil official of the rank, embroidered in polychrome silk on a navy blue silk ground with a single crane flying with a silk of pullocho sacred fungus in its beak amongst multicolored clouds above clouds and cresting waves...

A Very Fine/Rare Korean Square Fragrant Women’s Ornament (Norigae) (각향-角香노리걔) 19th C.: $700, Korean, Joseon dynasty, 19th century. It’s a single brown clay Norigae (향낭-香囊/각향-角香노리) for women molded with two Chinese characters each sides, each other side molded in 동인당 (同仁堂), and a piece of mother of pearl inlaid with floral patterns molded on another side with a long red string and tassels...

In very nicely cracked light green celadon, it has a large, slightly flared neck, a round base, a motif of clouds and cranes in flight, and lotus flowers at its base. H28.5 cm D13.5 cm.

A Very Fine and Rare 8 Panel Filial Piety Screen: Korea, Choson Dynasty, 18th- early 19th Century. This 8 panel screen of the filial piety is one of the most important Korean folk painting screens under Confucianism in Choson dynasty. This screen was so delicately painted in ink and color with calligraphy each panel on paper, mounted on silk. It is in very fine condition. Measures: 36 3/4" H. x 12 7/8" W. each panel painting only, or entire screen approx. 59 1/2" H. x 160" W. **** Filial Pi...

A Very Fine 5 Korean Flower/Bird Panel Paintings(花鳥圖)-19th C./ framed and ready for hanging. Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century. The group of 5 bird and flower paintings are painted on paper and ink and color, each painting painted with different birds and flowers, a paulownia with Phoenix, magnolia with Parrot, pine with Crane and a peony with pheasant. It’s in good condition/some stains, each framed with Plexi glass. It measures 67cm x 37.5cm.

Exceedingly Scarce Set of Three Iron Age Korean Pots with Exquisite Color and Beautiful Form. 4th to 1st Century BC. You are unlikely to ever see another Iron Age Korean pot offered for sale, much less a set of three. The remaining examples are all in museums or tightly held private collections. These prehistoric pieces are finely potted and made from soft and sandy red clay. They are aesthetically striking in both color and form and are historically significant. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opp...