A Very Rare/Fine Pair of Korean Silk-Brocade Woman’s Shoes (당혜(唐鞋)-19th C: Korea, Joseon dynasty, Late 19th century. A pair of shoes with a leather and red and light-yellow colored silk for a royal family’s women, the soles are pig skin, sewing done unbelievably very well done, they’re very rare with a good condition like these ones today...

Beautiful simple Korean bandaji (blanket storage chest). Made of solid kayak (Elm) wood with dramatic natural wood grain. Gorgeous original iron hardware with large lock and hinges with cut out motifs. Hinged in the front for storage access. Early 20th century. Size: 28 1/2" high x 32" wide x 19 1/4" deep.

Choson period, 1400s

A stamped design of repeating flower heads laid out in concentric bands covers the interior. The exterior sides have a similar band between incised lines. The depressions are filled with white slip which is then wiped clean off the surfaced, leaving the white clay in the impressed design. A clear glaze covers the design and most of the body. The footring, base, and a portion of the lower body are unglazed...

A large Korean porcelain jar, glazed in a transparent white with slight blue undertones. The upper body is rounded, with a short, flat rim and glazed interior. The lower body tapers down with a slightly fluting foot, left bare along the rim.

18th Century Chosun Dynasty

Size: 8" W x 10" H

A Korean Fine Blue and White Han River Painted Water Dropper-19th C. : Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century The rectangular slab-sided water dropper set on four raised feet, decorated in underglaze blue and white with a Han River scene, the sides with abstract design beneath a clear white glaze. Kiln grit on the base. It’s small chips repaired on edges. Measurements; 7.5cm x 4cm h.

LARGE RICE WASHER

Massive bowl hollowed out from a single tree, with primitive grooves at inner surface (as funtional design for catching pebbles for cleaning rice up when washing rice) and simple but also functional chiseled-grips at outside, early 20th century, Korea, approx. D 39-39.5 x H 15.5-16.5cm (15.35-15.55 x 6.10-6.49in)...

A Very Fine Sea-Green Celadon Glazed Shallow Dish: Korea, Koryo Dynasty, 12th Century, This dish is a very high quality of sea-green celadon glaze applied overall the interior and exterior, molded with peony scroll interior wall and a flower head in the center, resting in a wide base with three spur marks. It is in mint condition. Measures 5 1/4” x 1 1/2”

19th Century Korean Black Lacquered Mirror Box with Mother-of-Pearl Inlay of a pair of cranes, representing longevity and marital bliss, and peaches of immortality and abundant and propitious floral and geometric patterns. As is usually the case, the mirror is replaced. 9 x 7.5 x 4.5 inches, 23 x 19 x 11.5 cm.

A Very Rare Korean Wood Carved/Painted Standing Dongja-18th C.: Korea, Joseon dynasty(1392-1897), 18th century. A small wood elaborate carved Dongja (Buddhist boy attendant) shown standing with his hands held together as if to clasp a ritual object, the robes painted in red, black, green and the face and hands with traces of white pigment, set on an inverted lotus pedestal...

Late Choson period, ca. 1900

Decorated in cobalt blue with a design of chrysanthemum and bamboo, stoutly potted and glazed with a clear glaze of faintly aqua tint. Very minor glaze pitting and surface scratches, slight wood ash dusting seen mostly on the shoulder of one side, small amount of sand adhering to the foot, otherwise very good condition.

Height: 10 ¼ in.

Rare 19th Century Korean Hyangsang Small Desk and Table with Drawer. Hyangsang were altar stands for the family home altar. Hyangsang (aka Hyangnosang or Hyangtak) are so scarce that this is the only one we have ever been able to acquire in our twenty years in business. 16w x 15.5h x 11.5d inches, 41w x 39h a 29d cm.

A Rare Korean Punchong Bottle Incised with Peony Blooms-16th C.: Korea, Joseon period, 15th – 16th century...

Antique Korean single section bedside chest, with "book matching" front panels of hardwood burl. Four drawers line the top of the chest with brass handles in motifs of lucky bats. The front of the chest features a pair of doors with incised brass plating.

Dimensions: 36.5" L x 17.5" D x 24.25" H

A Very Rare/Fine Korean Silver Inlaid Square (正四角形 ) Box and Cover: 19th C...

An Inlaid Celadon Cosmetic Box and Cover: Koryo Dynasty, 12th Century This is an unusual circular box and cover inlaid in black and white slip with black dots in the white inlaid circles between two white inlaid lines, the domed cover with wide and flat top is also inlaid in black and white slip with a single chrysanthemum medallion centered by unusual stylized lotus leaves. It is covered with grayish green celadon glaze evenly over all...

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.

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 Rare/Fine a Pair of Boy/Girl Carved Wood/Polychrome Statues-19th C.: Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century. The Buddhist young boy (동자 童子 (菩萨的别称)-僧童) with holding a medicine bottle (Kundika) and the Buddhist young girl (童女 (菩萨的别称)-僧童) with coiled long rib-band hair polling down holding a large peach with the both hands, being presenting their calms and naive smiles, painted with white, black, blue, red, and dark yellow. Condition: The girl’s ...