A Paulonia Wood Scholar’s Ink-Stone Box (Yon-Sang):
Korea, Choson period, 19th Century,
This is a simple Paulonia wood ink stone bos, but it’s functional ink-stone box
with naïve patina outsides.
This three-tiered box stored the writing tools; ink sticks, water droppers, brushes and books...
A Very Fine/Rare Pair of Papier Marche Wedding Ducks:
Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th Century,
This pair of male and female weddding ducks created with details of the wings’ feathers realistically,these ducks formed in wood, covered many layers with Korean traditional paper from the wood (the paper mulberry) and then oiled on it. This pairs were made for wedding ceremony in Choson (Yi) dynasty (19th century). It could be made only skilled crafted shipman...
A Very Rare/Fine Blue and White Bottle:
Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century
The domed body with everted spout and slightly recessed foot,
painted with bat and floral plants alternated on the body in under glaze blue,
the spout applied with blue tinged white glaze overall.
It’s in very fine condition without any damages but age scratches.
It measurem 8cm H. x 7.5cm D (3 1/8” x 3”)
A Very Fine Reach Green Celadon Bowl:
Korea, Koryo Dynasty, 12th Century:
The wide bowl set on a short ring foot and incised a single ring on the interior,
applied evenly with a beautiful green celadon glaze overall, ring foot unglazed with spur marks.
This bowl is in fine condition without any repairs but a sesame seed-size chip to the rim..
It measures 17.5 cm x 6.5 cm (7 7/8” x 2 5/8”)
Very Rare/Fine White Slip Inlaid Punchong Cup:
Korea, 15th century
The deep bowl of cylindrical form sharply angled towards the base and set on a raised
ring foot, decorated with white slip rain-spot inlaid on the exterior between double rings,
In the interior, a ring medallion surrounded by a white slip inlaid Ruyi pattern band ring,
foot rim unglazed and the base glazed with a grey celadon.
It’s in fine condition but a tiny chip repaired. Measurements; 8.5cm x 3.8cm h.
One-Of-A-Kind 18th Century Korean Staff Sword, Changpogeom, a style of sword unique to Korea, with seven gold inlay dots on each side representing the Seven Star Spirit (Chilseong), an ancient Daoist deity that controls fortune. Antique Changpogeom are rare. It's a staff with a fighting blade inside. And a Chilseong Changpogeom (Seven Star Staff Sword) is so rare that this may be the only surviving example...
A Fine White Porcelain Incense Burner:
Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century
The globular body set on a raised, slightly fraring ring foot and with sharply everted
rim and applied handles, with a domed cover, pierced with buddhistic tragrams
and a pierced dodecahedrom form finial, decorated in a thick white, clear,
blue tinged glaze.
It’s in fine condition but some hair line cracks on body.
Measurements: 17cm H. x16cm D. (6 ¾” x 6 ¼”).
A Fine Inlaid White Slip Punchong Shallow Bowl:
Korea, early Joseon dynasty, 15th -16th century
Ashallowed stoneware bowl tapering to a raised ring foot, decorated with
brushed white slip inlaid with a centural medallion containing a flowerhead
surrounded by bands of “rope-curtain” design and multiful ring patern,
the exterior decotated with also mutiful white slip ring inlays,
beneath a pale celadon glaze.
It’s in fine condition except 2 hair line cracks...
A Very Rare/Fine Koryo Bronze Midium Sized Basin,13th C.
Korea, Koryo dynasty (11th-14th century)
A very well potioned middle sized bronze basin with a silver-black and blue
patina on its surfaces around is a very rare with this condition.
Its patination is more attractive to this basin.
Its shape of basin is exactly a prototype of Koryo celadon ceramics in Koryo dynasty.
It’s in very fine condition but a tiny hole on the base.
Measurements: 27cm x 6cm
A Rare and Fine Early White Porcelain Wine Bottle:
Korea, early Joseon period, 15th century
This small, charming and well portioned bottle applied with a clear blusih white
glaze overall the surfaces including the bottom, the foot rim has some sand adhered.
It’s in good condition but a small part of the rim repaired.
Measurements; 11.7cm x 9cm (4.5” x 3.5”).
A Very Rare/Old Silver Inlaid Iron Caddle Stick:
Korea, Joseon Period, 18th –early 19th Century
This silver inlaid iron candle stick is of a slender elegant design in an asymmetrical H-shape,
and is composed of three parts; light reflecting mirror silver inlaid with “Longevity”,
“Happyness” and a “Yin-Yang”, candle holder with a silver inlaid chain attacher and
removeable snuffer (snuffer missing) from the supporting stand post silver inlaid and
its Dot-shape joint silve...
A Rare / Very Finely Molded Celadon Beaker:
Korea, Koryo period, 12th Century,
This is a finely molded with chrysanthemums amongst scrolling
foliage and well potted deep bowl tapering to a short ring foot,
applied overall rich celadon glaze except foot rim with spur marks.
It is in very fine condition without any damage. Measures 4 1/2” x 1 1/2”h.
A Rare Early White Porcelain Brush Washer Jar:
Korea, early Joseon dynasty, 15th century
This type of wide mouthed and narrowed foot rim jar with a greyish clear white
porcelain is an example of the first efforts during the Korean early Joseon period to produce white ceramic wares, this early white glazed porcelain jar or bottle is rare as a Korean ceramics.
It’s in good condition with a small piece of the mouth rim chipped, and has some darkish
white glaze on the body during kiln firi...
A Very Rare Hae-Tae White (Olive) Glazed Water Dropper:
Korea, Joseon Period, 19th century
This is a quite large sized and Amusingly molded as a recumbent figure of a mythical lion dog (hae-tae), the surface detailing incised and realistically modeled, decorated with a white glze,
but in this water dropper, this white glaze turned into a olive glaze due to
under firing circumstances.
It’s in very fine condition, measures 8.9cm x 4.5cm
A Very Rare Blue/White Bottle Painted with Shipzangsang Motifs
(the Symbols of 10 Long Life):
Korea, Choson dynasty, 19th century
Well potted shape and portion with a flared rim to the tall neck and a pear-shaped body
painted in shades of cobalt with alternating motis of cranes flying amid clouds and bamboo
stalks paired with garden rocks (They are symbols of 10 logevity), the celadon-tinged glaze
covering all surfaces except the pad of the recessed foot.
It is in very fine codition with...
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 Koryo Bronze Covered Bowl with a beautiful Patina
Korea, Koryo dynasty (11th -14th century)
Thinly cast, of slightly compressed globular form, mounted on a smoothed flat foot,
the cover of waisted domed shape, the smooth patina of blackish olive with some encrustation.
It’a in unusually fine condition without any damages at all.
It measures16.3cm x 12cm d. (6.5” x 4.75”).
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...