A Very Rare/Fine Old Korean Bronze Horse Warrant (동마패-銅馬牌):
Choson period, Dated 1731 (Yong Zheng 8 year)
It's s rich and dark brown patina with pale green encrustation.
Yong Zheng 8 (1731) in Yong Zheng perioe (1723-1735), and issued
by the “Sangsowon-尚瑞院” with "Sansowon-尚瑞院製" 款-seal in a square,
a heavy and solid bronze.
It’s in very fine condition with a natural and rich greenish dark patina,
it measures 10.8 cm x 9.4 cm...
A Beautiful Korean Koryo Bronze Pear-Form Bottle/Natural Green Patina-13th/14th C.: Korea, Koryo dynasty, 13th to 14th century.
The bottle with beautiful natural green patina over the body in welling body
cast in the mid-section and shoulder with rings, further repeated on the tall trumphet
shaped neck with lipped mouth, all supported on a high thin foot ring...
Antique Korean white brass jewelry box, its lid with inlaid motif of an auspicious character meaning wealth or prosperity. Interior lined with wood. The rectangular box stands on four stylized feet.
Choson Period 19th century
Dimensions: 5 1/2" x 4" x 3 1/4" H
A large Korean bedside chest or Morijang. The top of the chest holds a row of 3 drawers with hinged double doors below, and a row of four drawers along the very bottom of the piece. Motifs of butterflies and auspicious symbols are seen throughout the hardware plating. The interior holds a single curved shelf with decorating metal plating and a locking mechanism to hold its front doors securely shut.
Dimensions: 54.75''w x 18.25''d x 42.25''h
Korean two-level hardwood kitchen cabinet, made with bold grain elm wood panels. The piece holds two small drawers along its topmost sections and an upper and lower compartment behind its two pairs of front swinging doors. Fitted with hand-forged iron hardware and plates.
Choson Period
Dimensions: 45 1/2" x 20 1/4" x 56 3/4" H
Korean vanity box made with persimmon wood panels. The box lid opens with brass hinges and brass front plating, incised with floral motifs. The interior of the box holds 4 compartments. Its sides conceal two small hidden drawers, opened by brass pulls, and the base of the piece has an interior low shelf.
Chosun Dynasty, early 20th century
Dimensions: 11” x 7 3/4” x 9” H
Very Rare and unusual highly inlaid Korean two section chest. Decorated with nine serpentine dragons of mother of pearl and faux tortoiseshell in horn. The front Nong has a brass escutcheon in the form of a butterfly with cut out detialing in its wings. It has complete circle knob brass locks and key. The confronting 4 clawed dragons are tessellated in mother of pearl, twisted brass wires, and faux tortoiseshell in horn...
A Korean hardwood bedside chest made with elm hardwood front doors, decorated by brass plate hinges, a central flower blossom medallion, and brass bat shaped handles. The interior of the chest holds six drawers with brass pulls and dramatic elm wood front panels.
Dates from 1950.
Dimensions: 25 1/2" x 15 1/2" x 26" H
A Very Rare/Fine/Old Korean Bronze Official 3 Horse Warrant: Korea, Joseon dynasty.
Dated 1624.Of circular form, one side with three overlapping horses, the reverse
inscribed ‘the Fourth Year of Cheonki’ and with the seal of Sangseowon. dated 1624
(一六二四), 銅馬牌,《尚瑞院玉字號三馬牌天啓四年三月日》題字,「尚瑞院製」款...
A Pair of Two Fine Korean Crane Civilian Official Badges (흉배)-19th C.: $2,300. Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century. later framed
Made for a civilian official of first to third rank, the square showing a a pair of white
cranes above foaming stylized wave and rock work below clouds, worked in shades of
light and dark blue, white, pink, yellow and brown on a dark blue silk ground.
It’s in fine condition with some wrinkles on the red back, otherwise very good condition...
An Extr. Rare Attributed Portrait of the 4th King of Joseon (조선朝鮮)-세종대왕 [世宗大王] with the Queen-王妃, Korean-19th C.:
Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century or older, dated and signed with a seal, whole plexi glass framed, painted on silk with bright natural pigment with real gold used.
This portrait believed to be of세종대왕 [世宗大王]- the 4th King of Joseon dynasty, and the Queen...
A Very Rare/Fine/Korean Both Sides Carved Wood Block Printing Panel (능화판菱花板)-19th C.: Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century.
This wood block printer carved both side panels for printing was done a very experienced skilled carver carved delicately on the both sides with geometric patterns, and the other back side carved with a same motif decoration of patterns in 60 diamond shapes boxes,.
It was crack in center, otherwise good condition...
A Large/Rare/Fine Korean Copper-Red/Bue Hae-Tae Water Dropper-19th C.: Korea, Joseon dynasty, late 19th century.
An unusual large carved in the form of Hae-Tae (sea lion) with curling tail and hairs, its open round jaw forming the spout, decorated in coppter-red on the mane, and in blue on the ears, its neck wearing a large neck belt with bell, the body glazed thick white with slight tinges of blue, unglazed on the flat base.
It’s in very fine condition without any repairs or cracks...
A Very Fine Pair of Korean Leather/Silk/Girl’s Shoes-19th C: For girls.
Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century.
A pair of shoes with a leather and red and light yellow colored silk for a royal family’s child,
the soles actually are pig skin, sewing done unbelievably very well at the time.
For a child (girl) shoes they’re very rare with a good condition like these shoes in these days.
It’s in very fine condition, measures 5 3/8” long.
A Very/Fine Buddhist Painting “A Judge of the Hell”-19th C.
Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century. Framed with plexi glass.
A quite large Buddhist painting with an inscription on the right top,
a judge sentencing with a guardian (secretary), painted in a very colorful
natural mineral pigments on silk,
It’s in very fine condition but it has a water stain on the lower bottom,
now it removed from a frame, it measures 31”x 20.25” (79cm x 51.5cm).
A Large Fine/Rare Korean Copper-Red Decorated Wine Bottle-19th C.: Korea,Joseon dynasty, 19th century.
Of compressed globular form with attenuated cylindrical neck painted with
grapevine and grapes on one side and on the other in copper red, grayish white glaze
applied over the surfaces including base, firing grits adhered on foot rim.
It’s in fine condition but one horizontal hairline crack
on lower body. Measurement: 30.3cm x 19.2cm d.
An Extre. Rare/Fine Korean “The Nine Dreams of Cloud”
(구운몽도-九雲夢圖]/김만중金萬重) 8 Panel (2x4 panels) Screen-18th C.:
Korea, Joseon dynasty, 18th -early 19th century...
Chogappo made of fragments of asa (choma,ramie or hemp) whose wefts and warps are hand-plied. "Pojagi" is the general name for the wrapping cloth and "chogappo" is one kind of pojagi which is patch-worked with asa or silk fragments.(reference source: "Korean Embroidery and Wrapping Cloths from the Choson Dynasty" published by Japan Art & Culture Association in 1995) Late 19th to early 20th century. In excellent condition except for one hole in the longest belt. All hand-sewn...