Very Fine and Rare Silver Inlaid Iron Brazier (a source of heating and light), hexagonal shape, beautifully rendered and in excellent condition...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
A Fine Buddhist Painting, Chijang Posal,Ten Kings and Attendants:
Korea, Choson Period, 19th Century.
Unframed panel, multi-color on hemp, 165cm x 119.5cm (65” x 47”),
it is in very fine condition, removed from an old frame.
*** About this painting; This painting would have originally been hung behind the statue
of Chijan Posal and the Ten Kings in the Myungbu-jun, “ Hall of the Underworld” ar
Chijang-jun, “Hall of Chijang”...
19th Century Korean Black Lacquered Mirror Box with Mother-of-Pearl Inlay of a pair of cranes, representing longevity and marital bliss, and peaches of immortality and abundant and propitious floral and geometric patterns. As is usually the case, the mirror is replaced. 9 x 7.5 x 4.5 inches, 23 x 19 x 11.5 cm.
A Very Fine Sea-Green Celadon Molded Shallow Dish:
Korea, Koryo period, 12th Century,
This dish is a very high quality of sea-green celadon glaze applied overall surfaces,
the interior well molded with a single lotus flower head in 2 round circles in the center
and Ruyi paterns molded on the edge of the interior, 10 panels on the interior wall with a single flower head molded each panel, and its rim molded with floral pedal edges, its exterior
applied with a fine crackled sea green celadon ...
A Very Fine Celadon Inlaid Deep Bowl:
Korea, Koryo period, 12th-13th Century,
This is a very finely inlaid in white slip on the interior with a band of foliate scroll and
four pomegranate sprays centering a single chrysanthemum in the recessed well, inlaid
on the exterior in the white and black slip with four chrysanthemum medallions between
bands of parallel lines and with four chrysanthemum florets...
A Very Rare and Fine Blue and White Large Basin:
Korea, Choson period, 19th century,
This large blue and white basin painted in cobalt blue with a central roundel enclosing the
auspicious character “BOK” within double lines, the outsides with two large stylized leafy floral
sprays, and the flat averted rim decorated with chained floral scrolls. It is in thick white
glaze applied. It is in mint condition...
A Very Rare Fine Koryo Cast Bronze Mirror - -Moon Palace Mirror
Korea, Koryo dynasty, 11th Century.
Ihis Moon Palace Bronze is a superb example of Koryo dynasty craftsmanship...
Rare Old Korean Map with Beautiful Topographic Detail of Korea's many mountain ranges. The list of kings at the bottom ends with Sukjong, whose reign ended in 1720. It also has a list of distances from various places to the capital, and mileage charts of distances between various locations. Map: 42 x 24 inches, 106.5 x 61 cm; Frame: 59 x 30.25 inches, 150 x 77 cm.
An Extremely Rare Bamboo Tea Caddy/Incised Poems/a man in Traditional Dancing:
Korea, 18th – early 19th Century
This is an extremely rare as a Korean tea caddy, container, incised both sides with poems,
caver’s and maker’s name with seal and a dancing boy with a Korean traditional dance and
its outfits in 18th or 19th century...
A Very Fine Silver Inlaid Rectangular Box;
Korea, Choson dynasty, early 19th Century
It is exceptionally well silver inlaid rectangular box with a auspicious character
“double happiness” on the top, three floral inlaid medalllion on the exteior walls,
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...
A Extremely Rare/Fine Mother of Pearl Inlaid Red Lacquer Sutra Reading Desk(Kyung Sang):
Korea, early 19th Century,
This red lacquered and mother of pearl inlaid sutra reading desk is an extremely rare for Buddhist reading sutra desk
as a Korean, Joseon dynasty's, of rectangular section with rectangular top
with fitted two upward-curved flanges without any metal hinges and supported on the
undersides by 4 reticulated scroll brackets, and also supported on the double straight
legs, fitte...
A Very Rare Open Carved Battle Scene Panel with Inscriptions
Korea, Choson, 18th –early 19th Century
This open worked and mineral pigment painted with gold, silver, red, green, blue, yellow and black panel to be believed to have ornermented the attar of a temple or a Gerneral’s pavilion in commemoration of the battle scene.againt his enemy about 800 years ago or older (It’s believe to be a battle scene between Koryo (高麗 ,고려) and Yuan ? (元, 원)...
Rare Korean Black Lacquered Arrow Case (Quiver) of bamboo with a design of grapes, peonies, and ferns. Length: 40 inches, 101.5 cm.
A Very Fine,Large and Rare Bale-Form White Porcelain Wine Jar:
Korea, Choson Dynasty, late 18th - early 19th Century
This is a vey fine and evenly white glazed cocoon shaped wine jar or flask
with one end flat rounded and the other sloping to a flat base and pierced in the
mid-section with a circular aperture and fitted with a slightly flared spout,
applied with a worm and clear white glaze evenly overall, base unglazed.
It is in very fine condition without any major flaws as a large ...
A Fine Korean Zelkova Wood Cosmetic Box (Kyung Dae):
Korea, Joseon Dynasty, 19th Century
Of rectangular shape set on four bracket feet, fitted with a flat lid hinged in the midsection
and at the back which covers the mirror compartment, the mirror now aged crack, also constructed with a single rectangular drawer below, fitted with buckle-shaped metal hings
and double-U shaped drawer pull, this box made with a zelkova wood with a natural granes.
It’s in very fine condition except a mirror...
A Fine and Old Painting of Dokseong, Korea's Hermit Saint in a most beautiful landscape. This gorgeous painting has a phenomenal dark patina that could only have developed through years of ritual use and adds greatly to the contemplative beauty and serenity of this very special work of art. Dokseong is pictured in an inspiring remote mountain forest, a Daoist style landscape where he seeks solitude and self-cultivation. His attire is that of a Buddhist monk...
A Very Fine Sea-Green Celadon Inlaid Oil Bottle:
Korea, Koryo Dynasty, 12th-13th Century,
This is a very beatiful sea-gree celadon inlaid with four
flying cranes in sky, of a oval form with a three spur marks
on the bottom, beatiful sea-green glaged overall including
bottom. It’s in very fine conditon without any chip or repairs
but small spots celadon glaze defects during in kiln fire.
It meastues 2 1/4” x 3 1/8”w.
A Very Rare and Fine Inlaid Celadon Cup and Cover:
Korea, Koryo period, 12th -13th century,
It is a very rare as a Koryo celadon inlaid
cylindrical shaped cup and cover(lid) without any damage, and decorated in black and
white inlaid with a chrysanthemum in a geometric square design in the double lined on
the circular body set on a recessed foot, and also the lid is inlaid with 4 chrysanthemum
florets in black and white slip under fine clear bluish grey celadon glaze.
This type of c...
A Group of Very Rare Temple’s Roof Tiles from 3 Kingdoms:
Korea, Silla and Bakjae Period, 4th-6th Century,
There were three dynasties in 3 Kingdom Periods (3th -7th century);
Silla, Baekjae and Goguryo Dynasties...
An Extremely Rare Pair of Carved/Papered Wedding Ducks;
Korea, late 19th Century, Dated 1874, Described and Carver named Kim Han Soo
This pair of solid (Paulawnia) wood carved, dotted in red (groom) and green (bridegroom) body painted with light polychrome pigments over paper and then oiled.
Each duck bears 4 large letter poems and one of them has a date (1874) and name of caver (Kim Han Soo) with 2 red seals...
Rare Antique Korean Spirit Shrine Painting (Kam Mo Yo Je Do). Spirit House Paintings are in the collections of several major museums. This painting would have been placed in a place of reverence in the home, and on the anniversary of an ancestor's death, a slip of paper with the ancestor's name would be placed on the blank space in the open doorway of the shrine in the painting and a ritual would have been performed in front of the painting. Kammo means 'to adore with deep emotion' and Yoje mean...
Very Finely Embroidered Deluxe Pair of Korean Pillow Ends with Two Cranes (symbol of a long and happy life together) and Peonies (symbol of love and prosperity). A very special pair. Mounted and framed, but the frame is in disrepair and should be replaced. 5.5 x 4.25 inches, 14 x 11 cm each.