A Fine Group of 8 Early Punchong Ware Small Dishes Korea, early Joseon period, 15th -16th century They small sized group of Punchong dishes decorated with white slip brush, white slip inlaid and white slip dumped with insiced decorations are rare with 8 dishes, some dishes with clear glzes and others with clear celadon glaze. They are all in fine condition except 1 dishe with a chip. It measures 10cm – 14cm small to large, (4” x 5.5”).

A Rare 11 Album Leaves of Korean Peninsular, China/Japan Maps: Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century The 11 double leaf maps hand drawing (not a woodblock print) of a Korean peninsula, 8 provinces of Korea, China and Japan in ink on paper is very rare with hand writing in all city names and other details as well in Korean traditional paper (the paper Mullberry. Its front and back cover made by the paper Mullberry with a main tile name “Yeo Jea Do” with subtitle too. They are in excellent ...

A Very Finely Inlaid/Fine Green Celadon Glazed Shallow Bowl: Korea, Koryo dynasty, 13th century This is a very well and unusual decorated shallow bowl is set on short ring foot decorated in inlaid black and white slip with a central medallion three pomegranate, surrounded by a band of flower petal design and a scrolling design of flowering lotus and unusual 4 phoenix contained within a meandering tendril border, the exterior with five roundels, beneath an overall finely crackled an bubble-su...

A Fine Blue and White Porcelain Globular Jar: Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century The small jar of globular form resting on a ring foot and with an upright neck ending in a straight cut lip, painted in underglaze blue with two Buddha hands around the body, below a color of clouds, the clear glaze thick wih a blue tinges. It has two chips around the rim, otherwise fine condition with a clean foot. Measurements; 14cm h. x 15.2cm d. (5 1/2” x 6”).

A Very Rare Inlaid Punchong Bowl with Celadon Glaze: Korea, Early Choson period, 15th Century, This is a shallow Punchong bowl in inlaid black and white slip with willow and two-three lotus buds between white slip inlaid lines with yo’-i heads. There are very similar shape and same pattern inlaid bowls vases with celadon glaze from the late Koryo dynasty...

A Pair of Very Fine Mineral Pigment Painted Chaekkori: Korea, Joseon period, 19th century Each painting painted with bright color mineral color pigment, each painting mounted on cloth, painted with a scholar’s utensils including books, desk, brushes, papers, and still-life objects and ect. It’s in very fine condition without any typical damages at all. Measurements:32cm x 94.5cm H each panel painting only, or 47cm x 111cm each panel including frame. *** Chae...

A Very Fine Blue and White Porcelain Jar: Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century The globular body, set on a raised and recessed ring foot, and with everted rim, well decorated under glaze blue with two sprays of fruiting cutrine and two tasseled cash motifs below a band of Ruyi patern around neck. It’s in very fine condition without any chips or repairs. It measures 12.5cm h. x 15.5cm d.

Extr. Rare/Fine Royal Princess ’s Embroidered Flower Shoes: Korea, late Joseon dynasty This pair is an one of a kind of silk embroidered colorful multi-flower heads (so called (꽃신) and sprays design on the surfaces that is a very unusual and extremely rare shoes from the Joseon dynasty, the pair of shoes were considered the use for a Royal family’s princess at the Royal Palace. They’re in almost mint condition with a rarely use. It measures 22.5cm x 7cm (8.75” x2.25”).

A Rare Korean 8 Province Map in Joseon Dynasty: Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century Painted in color and ink on paper, its titles and city’s names stamped, hand colored in oceans and rivers in ink and color, and names of cities in red. They are in good condition with minor damages associated with age. Measurements; 29.8cm x 20cm each map

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...

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 Pair of Very Fine Korean Antique Leather Shoes: The oiled and spiked leather shoes protected from rain and slippery in rainy days. They’re in very fine condition without any damages at all. Measurements: 24cm x 8.5cm

A Fine Koren Carved Wood Folk Wedding Duck: Korea, 19th Century Carved with a lozenge-form body with a flat, oval base and a fitted with a detachable neck and head which fit into a round hole in the body, painted in black pigment with two eyes, its beak has two holes for fiting laces, it has old rich dark patina on the surface. This wedding duck is superb piece of Korean folk sculpture, warm and compelling in this derectness and naivete. It’s in good condition...

A Korean Find/Old Paulownia Wood Scholar’s Desk : Korean, Joseon period , 19th century The paulownia wood writing (reading) desk raised on four bracket feet, the rectangular desk with flat top and two rectangular draws on the bottom and a big open space for a inkstone, papers and etc.below the flat top, the draws mounted with ring pulls, this table covered overall with aged natural patina. It’s in fine condition without any typical damages, Measurements; 72.5cm ...

A Korean Rare/Fine Scholar’s Wood Bookshelf Chest: Korean, Joseon period, 19th century The paulownia wood surfaces ot the rectangular chest covered by old aged natural patina, mounted with metal fittings, the two central and rectangular hinged doors, and mounted with metal hinges and lock attacked to the lockplate the two doors opening to the double inner horizontal compartments set. It’s in fine condition with aged natural patina. Measurements; 86cm x 42.5cm x 70cm h.

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.

A Very Fine/Rare/Large Carved Black Inkstone: Korea, 19th Century An oval shaped light black color and heavy weight inkstone carved in remarkable craftsmanship with two large and old pine tree with 4 cranes, and highlighted by two olive green “eye” inclusions, it has inscriptions on the bottom. It’s in very fine condition without any noticeable damages. Measurements; 10 ¼” x 8 ½” x 1 ¼” (26cm x 21.5cm x 3.2cm)

A Fine Mother of Peal/Tortoise Shell Inlaid Lacquer Low Table: Korea, Choson period, late 19th Century, This rectangular low table is lacquered with dark brown over all, and top decorated with a confronted large four-clawed dragon and a long-tailed phoenix inlaid in tortoise shell, twisted wire and mother of pearl, and amid clouds enclosed in a floral scroll-form border. It is in very fine condition except a corner having lightly crashed (see photo). Measures 13 ½” h.x 39/ ¼” L...

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...

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. Encourages aspirations of enlightenment. .This is one of extremely rare Korean Buddhist sculptures in ceramic, a square form with heavy and moulded in clay, very good condition wit...

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.

Very Fine and Rare Silver Inlaid Iron Brazier (a source of heating and light), hexagonal shape, beautifully rendered and in excellent condition. Each protuberant side is decorated with a keyfret-bordered roundel enclosing six different works of art: a crane and sea turtle in beautifully stylized clouds and waves beneath a silvery moon (symbols of longevity); one of the Eight Buddhist Emblems of an oversized conch shell; a leafy floral design symbolizing abundance; a leafy branch of pomegranates ...

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. x 5 1/...

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 Rare Koryo Bronze Mirror with a Flying Dragon: Korea, Koryo dynasy, 11th-13th Century. Of a floral foliate designed in rim, 8 floating clouds between rings, and a large flying single Kirin-Dragon around the center, the knob raised and pierced. It’s in fair condition with a silvery dark green patina on the mirror surface and some earth and green encrustation and has a pin hole on the face. It measures 12.55cm (4 7/8”)

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 Rare and Large Standing Buddha; Tathagata, (Nam Mu Myo Saek Sin Yeo Rae ip-sang; Korea, Choson, 18th Century, Hanging Scroll This large standing Buddha, Tathagata (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. This painting painte...

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. This painting painted in...

A Very Fine Lacquered Wood Wedding Gift Box: Korea, Choson dynasty, 19th Century This is of square form of marriage gift carrying chest to bride from bridegroom, mounted with brass edges mounts cast as stylized flowers and brass lockplate with as a long handle, lower pull drawer with a stylized C hanle, and with a stand. *** This type of wedding box or “Ham” so called, the day before wedding ceremony, bridegroom males deliver a container of wedding gifts to a bride from a bridegroom t...

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 Large and Old Map of Korean Peninsula “Hae Joa Jun Do”: Korea, Choson Dynasty, 19th Century This old and large map of Korean peninsula p made in ink and color (blue and red faded) on Korean rice paper, togther with printed list of distance from various places to the capital, a milage chart of the distandes between cities, and other milage charts, described of all cities and histories of Korean peninsula geological events by regions, and other detailed descriptions. This is an amag...

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. x 3.5cm d.. *** A very ...

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.