All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Furniture : Pre 1920 item #1347132
Antique Korean bandaji, or blanket chest, with a drop-down front covered in highly ornate white brass plating and hardware, incised with auspicious characters, lucky bat shaped handles, and interior lined with old paper, with two small drawers in the upper section. Key is included.

Yi Dynasty (circa 19th Century)

Size: 35.5" L x 17" W x 36.5" H
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Ceramics : Pre 1700 item #1346654 (stock #1523)
A Very Rare and Fine Early Yi Period White Porcelain Stem Bowl-15th C.: Korea, Joseon period, 15th century. An unusual shape of deep bowl and finely potted with in-curving walls set on a tall splayed foot, applied evenly overall with a thin and clear crackled white glaze throughout the interior and exterior, including base, It’s in very fine condition overall, measures 5.25” h. x 5 7/8” d. (13.3 cm x 15 cm).
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Ceramics : Pre 1700 item #1345286 (stock #1522)
A Very Rare/Fine Iron Black Painted Punchong Wine Bottle-16th C.: Korea, Joseon period, 15th -16th century. Of evenly proportioned ovoid form with short tapered neck ending in an everted and rolled lip, white slip brushed limited to two bands lower on the body and the white slip stoping unevenly, painted in underglaze iron with two scrolling leaf sprays (ginseng leaves) within carved concentric lines on each side...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Pre 1920 item #1344278
Antique Korean vanity box made with attractive burl hardwood, decorated in incised brass hardware of bats, double happiness signs, and floral motifs. The feet are carved with beast's faces. Turn of the century.

Size: 13.5" L x 8.5" D x 12.5" H
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Ceramics : Pre 1700 item #1343414 (stock #1516)
A Rare Korean Black/White Slip Inlaid Celadon Glazed Punchong Maebyung Vase: 15th C.: Korea, Joseon period, 15th century...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Ceramics : Pre 1900 item #1343413 (stock #1517)
A Rare Korean Fine White Glazed Baluster Shape Porcelain Jar-18th C.: Korea, Joseon Period, 18th century. The finely potted baluster form with bulbous shouler and tapering waist and raised mouth rim, decorated with an overall warm and slilght blue tinged white glaze applied, some areas slightly discolored in firing. It’s in fine condition but a small chip repaired near the foot (see photo #2), otherwise very fine condition, it measures 10.25” h. x 8” (26cm x 20.8cm).
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Furniture : Pre 1920 item #1342899
A very unusual Korean chest with a complex network of geometric designs on its front, top, and sides, brass hardware incised with floral motifs, two front doors with large brass lock and working key, opening to a beautiful interior of persimmon laminate front drawers. The middle drawer opens with a special secret latch underneath it.

Size: 32.5" L x 13.25" W x 19.5" H
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Ceramics : Pre 1900 item #1342463 (stock #1519)
A Very Rare/Fine Korean Total Blue Glazed Small Bottle-19th C.: Korea, Joseon period, 19th century. A small bottle of very fine and rare beautiful blue glazed, of compressed globular form set on a short ring foot with tall, cylindrical neck ending in a rolled lip, brushed overall with cobalt blue under fine and clear white glaze, the recessed base and inside of the moutn glazed white. It’s in very fine condition, it measure 10 cm x 7.5 cm (4” x 3”) respectably.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Furniture : Pre 1920 item #1341895
Beautiful Northern Korean bandaji (blanket storage chest) with highly ornate white brass fittings incised with birds and flowers and auspicious symbols. The white brass plated mounts are cladded onto the front of the chest hinged to allow operation of the drop leaf door. The chest has two handles on the side for mobility and two handles on the front to aid in operation of the door.

Yi Dynasty (circa 19th Century)

Size: 23 3/4" High x 37" Wide x 19 1/2" Deep
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Ceramics : Pre 1492 item #1341013 (stock #1514)
A Rare Korean Punchong Bottle Incised with Peony Blooms-16th C.: Korea, Joseon period, 15th – 16th century...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Ceramics : Pre 1920 item #1340895
Antique Korean large blue and white porcelain jar, with a long, oval shaped body. Cobalt underglaze sparrows and pomegranates on branches decorate the body, with a collar of ruyi motifs along the base of the neck. The foot has a single ring above it in cobalt blue. Choson Dynasty 19th century.

Size: 10" L x 13.5" H
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Furniture : Pre 1920 item #1340192
Extraordinary Korean cabinet in three stacking sections. Covered with inlay on a black lacquer ground. The front is very densely covered with scenes of rural Korea: scholars in gardens, farmers at work, maidens in pavilion windows, and lovely vignettes of mountains, and rivers with bridges and boats. Silver toned chased brass hardware includes many butterfly hinges and lock plates...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Ceramics : Pre 1492 item #1339316 (stock #EW 2971)
A large Korean celadon glazed stoneware bowl with incised decoration of a pair of stylised birds, presumably Pheonixes or possibly Cranes. The bowl dates to the late 11th or the 12th century. The bowl measures 8 inches in diameter and stands 2.5 inches high at the rim. There is one extremely fine hairline crack to the rim that is scarcely visible to to the naked eye. There are no chips, frits cracks or restoration. Additional images on request.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Furniture : Pre 1920 item #1338789
Antique Korean chest with original hardwood finish. Made with elm hardwood and adorned extensively with White brass hardware. Matched with a Korean fish lock and key. Side handles for easy handling. Interior lined in original paper. Early to Mid 19th century

Size: 35.5" L x 16.5" D x 25" H
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Ceramics : Pre 1900 item #1338221 (stock #6523)
Korean Blue and White small jar decorated with precious objects. Choson 19thC. Height:4 3/4" (12.0 cm). Condition: Filled chip to rim 1.7 cm and an associated crack 3.6 cm to the interior.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Textiles : Pre 1900 item #1338185 (stock #1504)
A Pair of Very Fine Korean Silk Embroidered Crane Official Rank Badges-19th C.: Korean, Joseon period, 19th century. Made for a civilian official of first to third rank, the almost square showing a double white cranes jointly grasping a Pulloch’o stalk in mouth, soaring above stylized forming waves and rockrork amid clouds outlined in couched thread, worked in shades of blue, green white and pruple on a green silk ground. They’re in good condition, measures 21cm x 23cm...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Furniture : Pre 1920 item #1337769
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.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Ceramics : Pre 1900 item #1335893 (stock #1477)
A Very Fine Blue and White Korean Porcelain Globular Jar-19th C.: Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century. The globular jar on raised and recessed ring foot and with slightly everted collar, decorated in underglaze blue with two peony sprays below a band of cusped clouds, the neck with parallel lines, beneath a thick, blue-tinged clear white glaze overall, It’s in very fine condition without any repairs or cracks but a very slight discoloration on other side. It measures 5 ¾” h...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Furniture : Pre 1920 item #1335382
Antique Korean matching pair of red lacquer cabinets, with elaborate inlaid designs adorning the full front and sides. Imagery of exotic birds, deer, and fish among a huge assortment of flowers can be seen throughout. Each cabinet is comprised of three sections : the top, bottom, and base stand; Styled in traditional Korean fashion with double hinged doors and large locks incised with the Double Happiness symbol. Interior is lined in red paper. Three drawers line the topmost section...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Ceramics : Pre 1700 item #1332344 (stock #0315)

Here we present a real fine example of Korean art: smaller rounded wan-shaped bowl with high foot of the bamboo node style - the dark, fine clay with some enclosures is expertly thrown. The chawan was decorated with a white engobe in brushstrokes with a straw brush (hakeme) before the whole bowl was covered with an ash glaze. No chips or cracks...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Textiles : Pre 1900 item #1332303 (stock #1484)
A Very Rare/Fine Korean Woman’s Trasitional Ceremonial Costume “Wosam”-19th C.: Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century. A woman’s ceremonial costume woven with colorful designs on silk, so called “Wonsam”, was worn in a court, or outside in ceremonial occasions. It’s fine condition with its age but a stain on lower right and colors faded, otherwise very fine condition. It measures 48” h x 70” to slip end...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Ceramics : Pre 1492 item #1329431 (stock #1485)
An Extre. Rare/Fine Korean Sraffiato (¹ÚÁö-¸é)Peony and Reverse Inlaid (¿ª»ó°¨) Punchong Jar-15th C.: Korea, Joseon dynasty, 15th century...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Furniture : Pre 1920 item #1325584
Antique Korean three section lacquer cabinet, with elaborate inlaid scenes of various birds, deer, fish, and flowers. Auspicious creatures with fish tails, turtle shells, and the head of mammals are also seen in several panels. Brass hardware decorates the pieces such as butterfly shaped lockplates and hinges. Each section has double doors with wonderful paintings inside each door, depicting various scenes of nature and happy school children. 19th century Size: 69" H x 39" W x 21" D
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Metalwork : Pre 1900 item #1323037 (stock #1240)
Beautiful and Rare Korean Joseon Dynasty Silver and Coral Eunjangdo with Very Fine Floral Design. The eunjangdo was worn by a woman of rank as a chest pendant and a symbol of her social standing. This dagger also served as a tool to save women from personal humiliation or peril, not by attacking an assailant but by killing themselves, under the Confucian moral obligation of medieval Korea 'to remain faithful to one spouse'. 4 inches, 10 cm.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Ceramics : Pre 1700 item #1322121 (stock #0285)

One day Radhanath Swami says 'true treasure lies within. It is the underlying theme of the songs we sing, the shows we watch and the books we read. It is woven into the Psalms of the Bible, the ballads of the Beatles and practically every Bollywood film ever made. What is that treasure? Love. Love is the nature of the Divine'.

This chawan is a real true treasure, breathing the love of its artist. It is from the early Joseon Dynasty of Korea...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Furniture : Pre 1920 item #1318700
Antique Korean money trunk or chest made with a beautiful lacquered hardwood, iron fittings along the sides and iron latch in front. Size: 12" H, 30" L, 13" D
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Furniture : Pre 1920 item #1318427
Antique Korean two section kitchen chest with lattice style double doors, small drawers, hinged doors on bottom with stand, a roomy interior, beautiful, dark lacquer hardwood. 19th Century (circa 1920's) Size: 70.5" H, 40.5" W, 17.5" D
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1318162 (stock #1474)
A Very Rare Korean Seated AmithaBuddha Hanging Scroll Painting. Korea, late Joseon dynasty, late 19th – early 20th century. A quite large seated cross-legged in dhyanasana on a lotus flower Amitha Buddha figure painted in mineral pigments, his left hand placed his lap with the palm up, his right holding a small swastika symbol with thumb and index fingers, rendered against a round radiating multi-bordered aureole and a green halo around his head, two red rectangular cartouches painted to ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Ceramics : Pre AD 1000 item #1317857 (stock #1475)
A Fine and Very Rare Group of 23 Temple’s Roof Tiles from 3 Kingdoms-4th -6th C.: Korea, Three Kingdoms (Old Silla, Baekjae and Goguryo)4th -6th century. They are various types of molded lotus bud decorated roof tiles, and a depicting monster mask molded design, most of them from Silla dynasty, and a few rare tiles of them from Baekjae and Goguyo period, They’re fine condition with some chips aroung its edges due to its ages (but one tile broken and reattached), otherwise they’re fine ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Ceramics : Pre 1900 item #1315084 (stock #1471)
A Very Rare/Fine Open Carved Bat and Swastika Brush Pot-19th C.: Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century. Square, set on a square base supported by fout bracket feet carved on each side with four panels flamed by raised borders, four sides carved with two bats on each side, a large swastika medallion design, covered with a milky blue tinged white glaze over all. It’s in very fine condition without any chips or repairs at all-perfect condition. It measures 11.5cm h. x 11.5cm d. acr...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Metalwork : Pre AD 1000 item #1315001 (stock #1473)
A Very Rare/Fine Korean Unified Silla Yaksa ((Bhaishaiyaguru) Standing Bronze Figurine-8th C.: Korea, Unified Silla dynasty, Circa 8th century. Standing on a pierced lotus plinth, a left hand holding a medicine bowl, bronze cast figure with hollow back, a bowl (medicine bowl) in the left hand, the right hand held in abhaya muda, the face framed by pendulous ears and unisa with arched brows and down cast eyes. It’s in good condition with a natural dark black broze patina over the sur...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Textiles : Pre 1837 VR item #1314701
This is decoration cloth used in Iwate for Edo period. This is dyed in indigo plant, black, Bengara- color. Hemp thread is spun by hand and this is thick. The back side is dyed into this with a natural indigo plant. This is cloth for ceremonies of the celebration. This has few stains, but there is not the damage. The state is complete. Size 542cmx 25cm (214 "x 9.8")
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Folk Art : Pre 1900 item #1311377 (stock #1469)
A VeryLarge Fine/Rare Korean Hae-Tae Shaped Wood Canddle Stick Stand-19th C.: with an onriginal panel stand. korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century. Made of polychromed pigments and carved wood, the mythical animal recumbent with legs tucked in, the broad face modeled with large upturned bulging eyes under thick eyebtows, above the large smiling mouth set with a row of teeth, pierced with a large aperture for holding a large candle holders, with stand. It’s very fine condtion with bright ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Metalwork : Pre 1900 item #1310960 (stock #1468)
A Very Heavy/Large/Fine Octagonal Bronze Brazier/Incised Deco.-19th C.: Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century. It’s a very heavy, large and well portioned brazier in 8 faceted sides with incised decoration of pine, bamboo, character, pear floral design and fish and lotus in pond on each side, two octagonal handles with two bats shaped base and a flared mouth decorated with incised floral motifs. It’s in very fine condition with a natural patina over the surface, it measures 30 cm x 24...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Furniture : Pre 1920 item #1308501
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.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Ceramics : Pre 1492 item #1307238 (stock #1466)
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. It’s in very fine condition without any repairs or cracks at all but some stains due to age and...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Folk Art : Pre 1900 item #1305336 (stock #1461)
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. Th...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Ceramics : Pre 1920 item #1302896
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
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Metalwork : Pre 1920 item #1302522
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
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Ceramics : Pre AD 1000 item #1295473 (stock #1439)
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. x...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Ceramics : Pre 1700 item #1294787 (stock #0220)

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.

This rare tea bowl has also a comfortable feeling of ...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Ceramics : Pre 1492 item #1293965 (stock #1444)
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. It’s in very ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Ceramics : Pre 1700 item #1292022 (stock #0215)

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.

The high foot has been trimmed when the clay was leather hard producing a rough surfac...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Metalwork : Pre 1900 item #1291981 (stock #1436)
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. It’s in very fine condtion witho...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Ceramics : Pre 1700 item #1291980 (stock #1442)
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. It’s in very fine condition but two small chips on r...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Ceramics : Pre 1492 item #1291239 (stock #1438)
The Best Quality of Korean Beautiful Sea-Green Celadon Impressed Decorated Bowl-12th C. Korea, Koryo dynasty, 12th century. of conical form with wide mouth, interior decorated with four moulded emblems of peony floral heads and leaves with clouds, beautiful and transparent thin celadon glaze covered overall inside and out and base evenly with crackled greenish-blue celadon glaze, a three spur marks on base. It’s in very fine condition with beautiful ice-crack celadon glaze, it m...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Metalwork : Pre 1900 item #1289206 (stock #1382)
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...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Ceramics : Pre 1800 item #1287924 (stock #1432)
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...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Lacquer : Pre 1837 VR item #1287476
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. The extent of conservation over time a...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Ceramics : Pre 1900 item #1287141
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.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Folk Art : Pre 1900 item #1286221 (stock #1191)
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. (15 ¾” x 10”). ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1280118 (stock #1187)
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...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Paintings : Pre 1800 item #1280003 (stock #1185)
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...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Pre 1920 item #1276306
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
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Paintings : Pre 1920 item #1271654 (stock #1156)
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...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Folk Art : Pre 1900 item #1271246 (stock #1339)
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...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Ceramics : Pre 1700 item #1265313 (stock #0171)

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...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Lacquer : Pre 1900 item #1261143 (stock #1353)
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...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1260020 (stock #1350)
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...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Metalwork : Pre 1900 item #1258484 (stock #1258)
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...