Catalog: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Korean: Ceramics (200)

A Fine Carved Koryo Greenish Celadon Bottle Vase: Korea, Koryo dynasty, 11th -12th century This is a baluster shape of body and cup-mouth shape, the sides tapering to the flat base with no glaze, knife-cut with vertical facets below interlocking loops encircling the shoulders, around the shoulder carved with lotus leafy foliage, covered overall in a celadon-green glaze. It’s in fine condition with some kiln-grit adhering to the base. Measurements; 25cm x 14,6cm (9 7/8” x 5 ¾”). ...

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 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.

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.

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 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 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, 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.