A Finely Inlaid Celadon Arrow Vase:
Korea, Koryo period, 12th Century,
This formed vase was adopted a Chinese archaic bronze vessel from Spring and
Autumn period (770-476 BC), which is a Koryo celadon
inlaid vase with two long ears (tubular necks) (broken) on the upper body, well potted
pear-shaped body rests on a short ring foot, inlaid in white and black slip with
five chrysanthemum medallions among clouds and flying cranes...
A Very Fine, clear and warm White Porcelain Bottle:
Korea, Choson period, 18th Century,
This is a very finely potted and glazed pear shaped body rising a full
rounded sides tapering toward the bong and tall neck, and a straight angle
cut mouth rim with incised two lines accented near the rim. It is covered overall
with high quality of pure white glaze. It has a short hair line crack and related two
chips repaired with gold the mouth rim, otherwise it is in fine condition...
A Very Fine and Rare Earthen Ware Musical Instrument:
Korea, Three Kingdom (Old Silla) period, 4th-5th century
This is one of the rarest earthenware musical instruments from old Silla period,
which is formed in a round, spherical shape. It has been incised with three bands encircling the circumference of the shape. At the cross points of these bands, there are holes so the sound of the small earthen beads, place in it's hollow interior, can be heard...
A Rare and Fine Early Kimhae Type Pottery Jar with Stand:
Korea, Kaya (Old Silla) Period, 3rd-4th Century,
This present jar is a rare early Old Silla period, Kimhae type jar with slightly
flaring raised rim and looped handles. It is well potted globular form with
blackish grey whole body incised with comb patterns divided by horizontal bands.
It is in fine condition without any damage...
A Very Fine Koryo Sea-Green Celadon Shallow Dish;12th C.:
Korea, Koryo dynasty, 12th Century.
This well balanced shallow dish applied with a beautiful sea-green
crackled and transparent celadon glaze overall, set on a raised ring foot,
its foot rim unglazed and its base sea-green celadon glazed.
It’s in very good condition with a few short hairline cracks on the rim.
Measurements: 14.8cm x 3.6cm.
An Extremely Rare Korean Koryo Total Iron-Brown Coated Bottle Vase-13th C.: Korea, Koryo dynasty, 13th Century
The well potted globular stoneware body set on a raised foot, with a narrow short
neck and everted rim, entirely applied with an iron-brown (öª‰) on the surfaces,
some arears have little thicker iron-brown glaze(öª‰).
It has been reattached with an original apart from 1" broken under the mouth rim professionally, and has some small repairs on the mouth rim...
A Very Fine Sea-Green Celadon Conical-Shape Tea-Bowl:
Korea, Koryo Period, 12th Century
This well potted conical shape beaker, tea-bowl applied overall with a beautiful sea-green
crackled celadon glaze, set on a raised ring foot, a incised ring on the interior,
its foot rim unglazed and bears some spur marks,
It’s in very fine condition without any typical noticeable damages at all.
Measurements: 12.7cm d. x 4.8cm h.
A Very Fine Koryo Sea-Green Celadon Glaze Bottle:
Korea, Koryo period, 12th-13th Century
An unusual roundal shape of a large celadon bottle applied evenly overall with
a clear and warm sea-green glaze, set on a raised ring foot, with a narrow short neck
and cup-shape mouth. It’s in very fine condition without any damages.
It measures 4 3/4” h.x 3 7/8” (12cm x 9.8cm)
A Very Fine /Rare Black Glaze (Temmoku) Pear-Shape Bottle: 14th C.
Korea, Koryo dynasty, 14th Century,
This small, but well potted globular stoneware body set on a raised ring foot, with a narrow neck
and everted rim, decorated with a beautiful thick temmoku (iron-black) glze poolling towards the base
and flowing down over the foot.
It is in very fine condition without any noticeable damages except a small foot rim chip (this is a kiln chip, not an artificial chip)...
A Jiguk-Cheon Wang of 4 Havenly Kings (King of the East): $4,000.
Korea, Unified Silla Dynasty (668-935),
This Jiguk-Cheon Wang is one of Four Hevenly Kings (Four Kings; Jiguk Cheon, Jeungjang Cheon, Gwangmok Cheon and Damun Cheion) in Buddhism, and King of the East.
Guardian of the Nation...
A Gwangmok-Cheon Wang of 4 Havenly Kings (King of the West):
Korea, Unified Silla Dynasty (668-935),
This Gwangmok-Cheon Wang is one of Four Hevenly Kings (Four Kings; Jiguk Cheon, Jeungjang Cheon, Gwangmok Cheon and Damun Cheion) in Buddhism, and King of the West. He sees through evil. Discens/ punishes badness...
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.
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 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 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 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.
A Very Fine Sea-Green Celadon Molded Shallow Dish:
Korea, Koryo period, 12th Century,
This dish is a very high quality of sea-green celadon glaze applied overall surfaces,
the interior well molded with a single lotus flower head in 2 round circles in the center
and Ruyi paterns molded on the edge of the interior, 10 panels on the interior wall with a single flower head molded each panel, and its rim molded with floral pedal edges, its exterior
applied with a fine crackled sea green celadon ...
A Very Fine Celadon Inlaid Deep Bowl:
Korea, Koryo period, 12th-13th Century,
This is a very finely inlaid in white slip on the interior with a band of foliate scroll and
four pomegranate sprays centering a single chrysanthemum in the recessed well, inlaid
on the exterior in the white and black slip with four chrysanthemum medallions between
bands of parallel lines and with four chrysanthemum florets...
A Very Rare and Fine Blue and White Large Basin:
Korea, Choson period, 19th century,
This large blue and white basin painted in cobalt blue with a central roundel enclosing the
auspicious character “BOK” within double lines, the outsides with two large stylized leafy floral
sprays, and the flat averted rim decorated with chained floral scrolls. It is in thick white
glaze applied. It is in mint condition...
A Very Fine,Large and Rare Bale-Form White Porcelain Wine Jar:
Korea, Choson Dynasty, late 18th - early 19th Century
This is a vey fine and evenly white glazed cocoon shaped wine jar or flask
with one end flat rounded and the other sloping to a flat base and pierced in the
mid-section with a circular aperture and fitted with a slightly flared spout,
applied with a worm and clear white glaze evenly overall, base unglazed.
It is in very fine condition without any major flaws as a large ...
A Very Fine Sea-Green Celadon Inlaid Oil Bottle:
Korea, Koryo Dynasty, 12th-13th Century,
This is a very beatiful sea-gree celadon inlaid with four
flying cranes in sky, of a oval form with a three spur marks
on the bottom, beatiful sea-green glaged overall including
bottom. It’s in very fine conditon without any chip or repairs
but small spots celadon glaze defects during in kiln fire.
It meastues 2 1/4” x 3 1/8”w.
A Very Rare and Fine Inlaid Celadon Cup and Cover:
Korea, Koryo period, 12th -13th century,
It is a very rare as a Koryo celadon inlaid
cylindrical shaped cup and cover(lid) without any damage, and decorated in black and
white inlaid with a chrysanthemum in a geometric square design in the double lined on
the circular body set on a recessed foot, and also the lid is inlaid with 4 chrysanthemum
florets in black and white slip under fine clear bluish grey celadon glaze.
This type of c...
A Group of Very Rare Temple’s Roof Tiles from 3 Kingdoms:
Korea, Silla and Bakjae Period, 4th-6th Century,
There were three dynasties in 3 Kingdom Periods (3th -7th century);
Silla, Baekjae and Goguryo Dynasties. In these 8 tiles, there are 4 roof tiles from Silla dynasty and the other 4 roof tiles from Baekjae dynasty.
These tiles are very very rare and in high qualities from 3 Kingdom period tiles..
These tiles were used for that periods’ temple roof.
I’ve been holding these tiles...
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 gTh shape glaze crack on the foot base (see photos).
It measures 6 5/8h d. x 1 7/8h h.
*** A very similar blue and white dish with a chara...
A Large Copper-Red Peach-Form Water Dropper:
Korea, Late Choson period, 19th Century,
This is a very finely molded as a large peach with two upright leaves carved
in relief to the body and incised with short lines to delineate veins, the lively
stem of the peach also molded in relief to the body and arranged in a waved
stem to served as the base support, painted in underglaze copper-red with
four peach flowers on the body, applied overall with a blue tinged white glaze
except footed s...
Very Rare Blue and White Square-form Water Dropper:
Korea, Choson period, 19th Century,
A well decorated Square slab sided porcelain water dropper
on four short feet, decorated in underglaze blue with a view of
Han river scenery, the sides with sprays of autumn flowers,
covered overall with in a clear-milky white glaze.
It is in fine condition except a tiny water spout chip repaired
Measures 2 3/8” x 2 3/8” x 2 7/8” h.
*** Provenance: This Blue and White water dropper was in a col...
A Very Fine White Glazed Blue and White Porcelain Dish:
Korea, Choson period, 19th Century,
This dish is applied with an even pure white glaze, set on a high foot the shallow
bowl with a Happiness within a double ring in underglaze blue with fine
crackled white and a shiny transparent glaze.
It is in fine condition with no any damage. Measures 6 5/8h d. x 1 1/2 h.
*** A very similar blue and white dish with a character longevity sold
at Christie's, New York, Korean Works of Art, Oct. 2...
A Very Fine Sea-Green Celadon Foliate Rim Bowl:
Korea, Koryo Dynasty, 11th-12th Century:
The wide bowl set on a short ring foot and incised on a interior with a single ring
and decorated a 6 foliages on the mouth rim,
appied evenly by a beautiful sea-green celadon glaze overall, ring foot inglazed.
This bowl is in very fine condition whitout any cracks and repairs
but it has a glaze crack extensively across the interior only --not a body crack-please see #3 photos). It measures 17.8cm ...
A Finely Molded Shallow Celadon Dish:
Korea, Koryo period, 12th Century,
This is a fine celadon glazed shallow bowl with a six lobed rim,
the interior rim incised with a single line and finely molded with
a large peony on the interior well, applied overall with a clear
greenish blue celadon glaze with three spur marks on the base.
It is in fine condition but a tiny chip,a short glaze crack and
scratches on the well in use. It measures 7” d. x 1 7/8” h,