A Very Heavy/Large/Fine Octagonal Bronze Brazier/Incised Deco.-19th C.: Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century...

Korean kitchen cabinet in traditional style, made of (Keyaki hardwood) elm wood, sliding panels are slatted and backed with rice paper. Small drawers on top and middle (including 2 hidden drawers!). Open storage area behind the traditionally slatted sliding doors. Charming piece with great storage options. 20th Century, very well built. Dimensions: 65" high x 37 3/4" wide x 17 1/4" deep.

A Very Rare and Large Korean Early White Glazed Pear Shaped Bottle-15th/16th C.: Korea, early Joseon dynasty, 15th or 16th century. The well portioned large pear shaped body slopping to a raised ring foot and tapering to narrow neck with flaring mouth, decorated in a blue tinged, crackled and translucent greyish white glaze overall, unglazed the base, and firing glaze defect on the bottom...

A Very Rare/Fine Set of 3 Lady’s Korean Silk Ornamental Pendant with Jades -19th C.: Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century. A set of 3 colored, purple, red and golden yellow, silk tassel pendants with a pot for a symbol of wealth with fine one solid apple green jade carved with “Shou” character--longevity-with a floral head carving for the top, and natural red coral (산호), and a geometric diamond patterns of knots with character, “Shoe” on the top of the tassels...

Antique Korean porcelain bottle vase of a stout teardrop form with short, fluted neck. The glaze is a translucent beige white with a slight hint of blue, with natural crackling throughout. 18th/19th century. Size: 9" height, 6" width

Antique Japanese bronze mirror with a recessed interior scene in which two cranes and a large turtle kiss in a marshy environment. The turtle's shell has been pierced through so that a cord may be slipped through for holding the mirror. 18th Century Size: 4.75" diameter, .75" depth

Extremely Rare /Large Korean Stoneware Jar Incised with Human Figure-5th/6th C.: Korea, Old Silla dynasty, 5th to 6th century. The globular jar with long neck set on a flaring foot pierced with rectangular appertures, decorated with comb-patterns incised, incised rings and stylized human figure on neck, shoulder and upper body, natural ash glaze scattered around body. It’s in very good condition but some small chips on the mouth rim. It measures 36 cm h. x 28 cm d. (14 1/8” h...

Flat shaped and elegant modulated Korean Ido chawan from the mid Joseon Period (16-17 century). It is thinly coated with a creamy yellow glaze and very scenic drippings. Shape and form are inspired by the Buncheong Dynasty Gqey yl Chawans a period before.

Great antique condition with two spots of very old gintsugi (kintsugi) gold restoration, with impressing 'kannyu' (crackle) and a high density of 'keshiki' landscape...

A Very High Quality of Korean Celadon Shallow Bowl with Foliate Rim and Ribs-12th C.: Korea, Koryo dynasty, 12th century. The beautiful Koryo celadon glazed shallow bowl is in widely flaring sides rising to a slightly lobed rim and modeled with 6 ribs showing through to the interiors beneath high quality of sea-green celadon glaze with crackles through out the interiors and exteriors, supported on a low unglazed foot ring with earth, burned the base turned brown color...

We proudly like to offer a 400 year old perfect Korean Gohon Ido shape chawan.

The fine, little iron bearing clay has been mixed with sand (suna gohon) and thrown into an ido shape widening towards the rim.

The light body is covered with a clear, little greyish ash glaze, reacting with the iron oxide in the body to develop the pink spots typical for that kind of Gohon bowls...

A Korean Very Fine Iron Silver Inlaid Rectangular Box-19th C.: Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century It is very well iron silver inlaid rectangular box with a auspicious character “longevity” on the top, on the each of the four sides geometric patterns and borders of fretwork and floral diaper work, with a cover that slides horizontally and a locking mechanism on the handle plate to the front of the box, it’s set on four yellow brass surporter...

A Very Rare/Fine Korean Punchong Bowl Painted with Fish in Underglaze Iron black-15th C.: Korea, Joseon dynasty, 15th century. Thin potted, shallow and circular formed bowl applied with light blue tinged, crackled and transparent white glaze over the surfaces evenly on interiors and exteriors, unglazed base with flat bottom, its high light is the large fish painted in underglaze dark black by a skilled patinter with patina in age and use...

The Best Quality of Korean Beautiful Sea-Green Celadon Impressed Decorated Bowl-12th C. Korea, Koryo dynasty, 12th century...

A Very Rare and Finely Silver Inlaid Iron Incense Burner: Korea, late oseon dynasty, early 20th century. Of hexagonal section mounted on raised bracket 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 characters, happiness and longevity, in medallions within key frets, on the legs with flower scroll and key frets, and two white brass handles in the shape of bats...

A Very Rare/Fine Early Korean White Glazed Jar-17th -18th C.: Korea, Joseon dynasty, 17th -18th century or older. Of a beautiful full moon shaped, everted rim, with clear white glazed glabular formed jar on a raised ring foot and with a short neck and everted lip, pot-clay wheeling marks appear on the body, applied with, a typical midddle Joseon dynasty, 17th to 18th century or older, thin and transparent blue tinged white glaze, especially upper shoulders, and translucent white glazed overa...

A good Korean mother of pearl inlaid small chest of drawers. The front with inlaid decoration of pairs of birds (including, recognizably, ducks and phoenix) among lotus, bamboo, peaches and peonies on flat black lacquered ground. This is one of those wonderful finds of both honest age and undisturbed condition. All the wood with evidence only of being hand worked and appearing untouched since made with good, honest patina on all the secondary woods as well...

A Korean blue and white porcelain water dropper. Cube form with bracket feet on the four corners, a spout along the top edge on one side, and a whole (for displacement) near center top. Painterly floral decoration within line border on the sides. Geometric flower head decoration on the top. Stable cracks, a couple surface chips, and loss to the spout. All dimensions about 2 1/4 inches (5.715 cm) except for the height which is about 2 1/8 inches (5.39 cm). Joseon dynasty.

A Very Rare and Large Korean Wood Carved Wedding Goose (Kirogi)-19th C.: Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century. A folky carved wood goose, kirogi, wedding goose, for a wedding ceremonial event, painted in polychrome pigments, white, light brownish red, green, blue and black, and carved details of the wing feathers and eyes, It’s in excellent condition with pigment colors with a rich and old dark patina of the surface of the wood. It measures 40cm L. x 25.4cm H...

A fine example of a Joseon Dynasty Korean tiger hunting painting, that makes use of the best quality pigments and finest silk, and is rendered with the highest level of artistry and skill, likely by a painter from the royal court. A similar painting recently sold at auction in Korea for $5500. Unique to Korea, almost all Korean hunting paintings depict hunters in Mongolian costume. In spite of the Mongols' brutal occupation of Korea in the 13th Century, Koreans maintained great admiration for Mo...

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. Calligraphy by Kang Se Hwang is so rare that the only other example that we know of in America is a very similar work in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, illustrated on pages 172-173 of the recently published, Pathways to Korean Culture: Paintings of the Joseon Dynasty by Burglind Ju...

Beautiful, smaller sized Antique Bandaji Korean Chest. Chest has one door that drops down to reveal open space to store clothing and/or blankets. Traditional Korean brass fixtures, hardware, and locks. Beautiful Elmwood Color and grain, solid and in good condition. 19th Century /early 20th century Dimensions: 22.5" Tall, 31" Long, 41" Deep

Calligraphy by the Joseon Dynasty's Last Prime Minister, Lee Wan Yong aka Ildang (1858 - 1926). He was prime minister of Korea in 1906 - 1910. Lee is Korea's most infamous traitor, the "Benedict Arnold of Korea", for signing the Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty in 1910. Connoisseurs begrudgingly acknowledge his great talents as a calligrapher, but the disdain with which he is regarded keeps the demand, and thus the prices of his work very low. Mounted on sky blue silk. Scroll: 74.5 x 17.5 inches, 1...

A Pair of Very Rare/Fine Korean Lacquered and Painted Tae-Keuk Hand Fans: Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century. Red,yellow, black and green colors painted and enameled on rice papers on the bamboo ribs between Korean rice papers, painted simbols of Tae-Keuk, Yin-Yang, with black painted and enameled wood handles. They are in fine conditions but one has a tiny chipped and very small damages on edge, otherwise good condition, it measures 31.5 x 23.2 x 21cm and 34 x 23.8 x 22cm. Ex Colle...

We are proud to present you a very rare Korean Irabo Chawan made in the early Edo Period on Japanese order.

This is a Wan shaped tea bowl made of coarse, unrefined clay with a high content of iron oxide. The clay shows impurities and stones - some of them have exploded ('ishihaze'). Over the dark clay a thin, transparent ash glaze has been applied, inside is an aesthetic brush stroke (hake me) in white engobe.

The bowl has a beautiful shape and is well balanced. It has b...

A Very Fine/Rare Small Jewelry Box Inlaid with Mother of Pearl,Tortoise Shell, Shagreen-19th C. Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century. A rectangular shapped jewelry Box inlaid unusually with mother of pearl, tortoise shell and shagreen and wire accented delicately over the exteriors with a chrysanthemum floral head in the center surrounded by wire scroll and floral petals on four corners, large tortoise shell inlaid decoration out corners as well, four sides on exteriors inlaid with shagreen...

A Very Fine and Old Korean Painting of Grass and Insects (õ®õùÓñ-ÃÊÃæµµ)-18th -19th C.: Korea, Joseon dynasty, 18th to early 19th century. signed. This painting paited by a literary painter on the cloth in ink color in early period, with beeds, a big frog, autumn plants and flowers on silk? or cloth, has a red seal on the lower right but unfortunately unclear. It¡¯s in very fine condition with some painting fained associated with its age, matted with cloth and framed la...

Very Fine/Rare Korean Silver Inlaid with Symbols of Longevity Box and Cover-19th C.: Joseon period , late 19th century. The rectangular tobacco box inlaid in silver with double happiness on the cover, 10 symbols of longevity on the 4 sides surround by bands of key-fret work and floral diaperwork, the cover appied with a large auspicious character, “double happiness”, rounded within a matching border, a red lacquered panel added in the interiors, raised on four foot surporters. It...

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 ...

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. The inside of the chest is lined wi...

Early 20th Century Large Black-Lacquered Mother-of-Pearl Box, in fair condition with much loss of the mother-of-pearl. The brass hardware is old but is not original. 31.5 x 18.5 x 16.5 inches, 80 x 47 x 42 cm.

A Very Rare/Fine Korean Silver Metal Rimmed Punchong Ware Brushed Tea Bowl-15th C.: Korea, Joseon dynasy, 15h century. A Conical form set on a high rised ring foot applied with a white slip brushed in the interior with five spur marks on the well, unusually this white brushed punching tea bowl applied with a silver metal rim around the mouth, and a celadon glaze applied over all, ring foot traces with several sand supports with a wheel mark on the base, slightly warped. It’s in very...

A Very Fine/Rare Korean Punchong Bowl with Characters White Slip Inlaid: 15th C.: Korea, Joseon dynasty, 15th century. The shallow bowl, set on a raised ring foot, and decorated in inlaid white slip with a centural two characters inscription, surrounded by a wide band of stylized lappets, a wide band flower heads design, the exterior decorated en suite, beneath a pale celadon glaze. It’s in very fine condition without any cracks or damages but a water stain on the interior and th...

A Very Fine and Rare Korean Silver Inlaid Hexagonal Iron Box-19th C.: Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century. A well silver inlaid on the iron box with a big character “ Shu” –a longevity- on the top surouned by geometric designs, on the 6 sides inlaid with 6 characters “ Auspisious letter” also surrounded by geometric designs. It’s in very fine condition with a dark black patina around the body. Measurement: 9.2cm d. x 5.2 cm h.

A Fine and Rare Korean Black/White Slip Inlaid Celadon Bowl-13th C.: Korea, Koryo dynasty, 13th century. Inlaid in black and white slip on the interior with a wide band of alternating ducks, willows and Autumn plants below narrower bands of circles, the exterior of the bowl inlaid with a pair of white slip inlaid rings, some celadon glaze applied unevenly on the exterior with some sand traces on the foot rim. It’s in fine condition but a tiny chip on the rim with earthen stain. M...

A Very Rare Korean Heavy Wood-Root Carved Seated Tiger/Painted in Polychrome Pigments-19th C./ Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century. A well portioned and carved Korean folk art wood seated tiger is on behind a big rock painted multiple polychrome pigments around tiger and rocks, his furious face including ears, eyes and mouth painted with highlights in polychrome pigments, and its body details painted in black on yellow body as a Siberian Tiger (Korean Tiger) often seen in Korean traditional ...

Beautiful Korean screen with six rice paper panels depicting people amidst gorgeous scenes of nature. Each panel is mostly monochromatic with conservative usage of color in muted shades of yellow, pink, blue, and purple. There are large blooming flowers with a sparrow flying overheard in every panel. Size: (entire screen) 61" height, 106" width, (artwork only) 27.75" height, 12" length