Antique Korean pair of small Koryŏ porcelain cups. Elegant form with small feet and sharply flared sides. Fine celadon glaze in pale blue with high transparency. The interiors are a paler translucent glaze. Each cup has a simple blue underglaze dot in the underside of the foot.

Goryeo (Koryŏ) Dynasty (918 (935)-1392)

Dimensions: 2 3/4" high x 1 5/8" wide diameter each

Ido Ware, Korean Joseon Dynasty (16th-17th century). The light cream bowl is decorated overall with a crackled cream glaze.

Rustic and sophisticated at the same time, this vessel is another great example of the beauty of Korean Ido chawans.

"Ido" chawan (tea bowl) is the first of three types of famous Japanese Tea Ceremony bowls. A very famous saying in the Tea Ceremony is "First Ido, second Raku, third Karatsu". It means Ido chawan is the highest grade tea bowl...

A Very Fine and Rare Punchong Inlaid Bowl-15th C.: Korea, Joseon dynasty, 15th century The conical form set on high ring foot with evenly curved walls riding to a wide Mouth, decorated in white and black on the interior with a lappet and double ring Band below a wide band of florets and scroll work, the exterior inlaid in white slip With another wide band of chrysanthemum florets and section of contiguous leaves Between lappet and ruyi borders. It’s in very fine condition with ...

A Korean vase dating from the early Joseon period (“Richo” in Japanese; 1392-1897). This particular piece appears to date from the 16th/ 17th century and comes with an antique wood box. The light brown crackled glaze is smooth in the hand and has a warm inviting rustic feel. Several gold repairs can be seen along the upper rim providing a subtle yet noticeable contrast between the rustic glazed clay and the shiny metal...

A Rare Korean Eight Panel Calligraphy by (道潭-도담)-17th/18th C.: Korea, Joseon dynasty, 17th/18th century...

A really rare type of chawan: wan shaped tea bowl with a rounded brim, made of light coarse clay. The fine iron bearing clay was nearly fully covered with glaze mixed from wood ash and feldspat.

The iron oxide in the body turned the glaze to a bright orange where thin. The bowl shows a fantastic discoloration from tea as a result of many years of careful use.

This chawan was manufactured in the early stage of the 17th cent...

A Very Rare/Fine Korean Silver Metal Rimmed Punchong Ware Brushed Tea Bowl-15th C.: Korea, Joseon dynasy, 15h century...

A Korean Fine/Rare White Slip Brushed Punchong Tea Bowl-15th C.: Korea, Joseon dynasty, 15th Century The deep bowl, on short ring foot, simply decorated in brushed-applied white slip over a greenish ground beneath a clear glaze, with 5 spur marks in the well, it’s in very fine condition but a tiny chip on the mouth rim, it measures 18.8cm d. x 7.7cm h.

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...

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/Rare Korean Punchong Bowl with Characters White Slip Inlaid: 15th C.: Korea, Joseon dynasty, 15th century. The shallow bowl, set on a raised ring foot, and decorated in inlaid white slip with a centural two characters inscription, surrounded by a wide band of stylized lappets, a wide band flower heads design, the exterior decorated en suite, beneath a pale celadon glaze...

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...

A Very Fine/Rare Beautiful Evenly White Glazed Porcelain Korean Bowl: Korea, early Joseon period, 18th-19th century, with fitted wooden box. The characteristic deep bowl with a flat interior bottom and recessed well set on a ring foot and with gently everted rim, the base glazed, decorated evenly with a beautiful light blue tinged white glaze, . It’s in very fine condition. it measures 3.5” h. x 6” d. (8.9 cm x 15.3 cm).

We like to present you this Korean Hori Mishima tea bowl for the Japanese Tea ceremony, made in the late 16th/early 17th century.

It is a low wan shaped tea bowl. Its expertly thrown body with its lower part was trimmed with a potters knife and shaped into the typical Korean bamboo node foot, creating a chirimen (crepe de chine) effect at the bottom. The bowl is decorated on the inside with an incised fish bone pattern and stamped flowers, both filled with a white engobe...

A Very Rare Korean Punchong White Slip Coated Flask Jar (분청편병)-16th C.: Korea, Joseon period, 15th to 16th century. It’s of flattened circular form, brushed painted freely overall with white slip over a grayish white glaze, the slop shoulder and the tall straight neck supporting a lipped mouth, resting on a raised foot ring, probably accidently redish iron spotted a near foot side and mouth rim during firing which appears more naïve attraction...

Koryo Dynasty, 1100s

Painted in underglaze iron with a stylized design, possibly of a duck. Covered entirely with a grayish-green celadon glaze, barely wiped from the footring. Minor sand adhesion to the foot. No chips or cracks.

Diameter: 2 1/8 in.; Height: 1 ¼ in.

Extremely rare: Korean Amamori Chawan of Choson (Yi) Dynasty (1392-1910). Wan shaped tea bowl, thrown from light, refined clay, with very little iron oxide, covered with a white feldspatic glaze with fine crackles and pin holes including the small foot.

Through many years of use the tea has seeped through the holes and crack to discolour the white clay body underneath, creating an effect called amamory - rain leak. The effect is especially strong along the rim...

A Very Rare/Fine Crackled White Glazed Tea Bowl-15th C.: Korea, Early Joseon dynasty, 15th century The finely potted deep steep sided tea bowl set on a high ring foot, and very slightly everted lip with a hand rolled potting ring, covered with a thin trackled semi translucent blue tinged white glaze with a light redish color, the ring foot and bottom unglazed, unglazed partial bottom of the surfaces. One charater ¡°Jewell,¿Á¡± in ink brush on the base. It¡¯s in very fine condit...

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. Great antique condition.

Hakeme bowls belong to the Mishima (Buncheon) group of Korean ceramics popular in the early Choseon period 14th - 16...

Korean VeryLarge and Fine Sgraffiato Designed Punchong Ware Bottle-15th C.: Korea, Joseon dynasty, 15th -16th century Of pear form set on an inset, high ring foot, ornamented with a wide band of lotus leaves defined by deeply incised lines and a narrow band of lappets, also created by incised lines and by larger channels scraped away in Sraffiato technique, both panels separated by incised lines, the body covered overall by a green-tinged transparent glaze, olive or emerald in the carved ...

Choson period, 1400s

A stamped design of repeating flower heads laid out in concentric bands covers the interior. The exterior sides have a similar band between incised lines. The depressions are filled with white slip which is then wiped clean off the surfaced, leaving the white clay in the impressed design. A clear glaze covers the design and most of the body. The footring, base, and a portion of the lower body are unglazed. There are two small chips on the footring probably from firing ...

A Rare Korean Black/White Slip Inlaid Celadon Glazed Punchong Maebyung Vase: 15th C.: Korea, Joseon period, 15th century. The elegant baluster form, decorated in celadon glaze and inlaid in black and white slip with two stylized willow above a band of lotus petal design, the shoulder decorated with stylized flattened lappet amd curtain patterns beneath a reach celadon glaze, with sand adhered on the base. It’s in fine condition but some celadon glaze discolored in fire and a hole fo...

An Extrem. Rare/Fine Korean Punchong Bowl Incised with Character “天” -15th C.: Korea, Joseon dynasty, 15th century. ***This is a one of a kind incised character “天” shallow punching bowl (we can see only a character “天” in the highest quality of white glazed bowls for a Palace use in early Joseon dynasty-15th century). Set on a raised ring foot, and decorated in inlaid white slip, with a flowerhead medallion, surrounded b a wide band of “rope-curtain�...

Very rare Momoyama - Early Edo Korean Buncheong (Ko-Mishima) bowl from the Hakbong-ri kiln located at Gyeryongsan mountain in Chungcheongnam-do, Korea.

Very similar example is in Nezu museum called 上田暦手 (Ueda Koyomide):
https://turuta.jp/story/archives/19101

Another Ko-Mishima bowl was in possession of Sen no Rikyu himself:
https://turuta.jp/story/archives/19135

Such bowls were exported to Japan where they were used for tea ceremony giving the bir...

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”).

Korean Buncheong bowl from the Joseon period (15th century). A wide mouthed bowl is supported on a narrow foot ring. The flared rim is decorated with a grass pattern on both sides. The body is decorated with vertical rows of minute circles to form a flower centered roundel framed by a row of bat like silhouettes and a lotus petal band that also appears on the lower exterior of the body, the glaze layer has a straw color across white slip inlay, the fabric varies from gray on the exterior to g...

15-16cc Korean antique Goryeo celadon bowl which was imported to Japan during Edo period and used for tea ceremony

Size
Diameter 17.6cm
Weight 355g

Condition
Excellent
No chips. No cracks.

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. Measurements: 19.5cm x...

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. Korean made wan-shaped tea bowl made of ...

16-17cc Korean Korai Komogai tea bowl which was imported to Japan during Edo Period.
It is very rare to see such bowls on the market.

Komogai is a type of Korai tea bowl. It has a unique appearance with a rounded waist and eversion of the rim of the mouth. The name Komogai was originally the name of a place in Gyeongsangnam-do in the southeastern part of the Korean Peninsula, but the reason why it became the name of the tea bowls is not clear. Such bowls are highly prized by Jap...

Korean Buncheong ware bowl decorated with four medallions of flowers impressed in the center surrounded by a rope like pattern. The outer side of the bowl is decorated with an incised diagonal stripe pattern. Buncheong is a style where the clay is impressed with a design while still soft, then filled in with a white slip, and then coated with a clear glaze. The Buncheong wares were popular in Korea and in Japan the wares became known as Mishima wares since the 15th century. Age: Joseon Period. S...

Buncheong ware in a flattened ovoid form with a raised foot finished with a wide flared rim. It is decorated with a creamy colored slip and the faces are painted with a leafy plant in brown slip, all beneath a clear glaze with a faint celadon tint where pooled in drips along the shoulder, the creamy slip and the glaze are also applied within the recessed base. This piece has unique spots as a result of its aging process: water or oil that has been stored in the vessel permeates into the ware cr...

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...

Choson period, 1400s

Rare and large deep bowl with an everted rim set on a fairly tall and slightly tapering foot. On the interior, the deep well descends to a shallow circular depression about 2 ½ in. in diameter. The entire bowl is covered with a clear glaze of bluish-grey cast except for a portion of the footring. A short, uneven portion in the rim is due to a potting flaw that was repaired by the potter before firing as was also a small gouge to the lower foot. Fine white granules re...

A Large/Fine Incised/Sgraffiato Designed Punchong Bottle: Korea, Joseon dynasty, 15th -16th century Of pear form set on an inset, high ring foot, ornamented with a wide band of lotus leaves defined by deeply incised lines and a narrow band of lappets, also created by incised lines and by larger channels scraped away in Sraffiato technique, both panels separated by incised lines, the body covered overall by a green-tinged transparent glaze, olive or emerald in the carved and incised areas....

A Fine White Slip Inlaid/Rope-Curtain Desgined Punchong Bowl-16th C.: Korea, Joseon dynasty, 15th -16th century A deep bowl, a raised ring foot, and slightly everted rim, decorated in inlaid a white slip with a floral medallion, surrounded by “rope curtain” pattern, the sides similarly decorated, the exterior decorated en suite, beneath a clear pale celadon glaze. Some parts of the bowl unglazed with celadon accidently, as a result, it appears naïve clay and white slip inlaid in t...

1200s

This bowl was wheel-formed and then pressed into a mold while still soft to create an octagonal form. The soft stoneware clay was then carved and impressed with a stylized chrysanthemum design, allowed to dry, and then covered with a slip of white liquid clay which filled the incising. The residue was wiped or carved off leaving the crisp design in white against the darker clay. The entire bowl, including the base and footring was covered in a pale green celadon glaze having a close ...

Early Joseon dynasty (1392-1897) Korean Mishima tea bowl with Japanese appraisal box

Such bowls were exported to Japan since Momoyama period where they were used for tea ceremony giving the birth of Japanese Mishima ware.

Size
Width 14 cm
Height 7 cm

There are gold lacquer repairs

A Very Fine Korean Early White Glazed Bowl-16th C.: Korea, early Joseon dynasty, 15th - 16th century. Well potted and portioned white glazed deep bowl, recessed and set on a raised ring foot, with gently everted moutn rim, simple decorated in a clear white grey-tinged glaze, its well bears firing traces, base white glazed and foot rim bears sands. It’s very fine condition without any hairline cracks but some areas mottled glaze and color, giving it a misty appearance, other wise it’...

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. It’s in fine condition overall, it measures 20 cm x 15 cm (8” ...

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. During the Joseon, officials of the central government, when traveling through regional areas on public duty, were allowed to us...

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 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 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).

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 Very Fine Bronze Mirror: Korea, Koryo dynasty, 12th-14th century The design is a fine cast in high relief on the obverse of this Mirror depicts a ship sailing on a stormy sea. A large dragon arises from the upper left and right with clouds of spray cap the surging waves. At the top, above the ship’s banner, are four character inscriptions in archaic seal style script: Huang Pi Chang Chon (clear, vast, luminous heaven) with a good silver-greenish and dark brown patina on the face an...

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.

Very Rare Korean Goryeo Iron Gold/Silver Inlaid壽 Sutra/Relics Bowl Lid-12th / 13th C.: Korea, Goryeo dynasty, 11th – 13th century. Its top surround circle inlaid with 壽 (longevity) in gold and gentle dome shape lid inlaid with 4壽 in gold and leaf scrolled in silver over the surface and on around the edges inlaid in silver with lotus leaves. It seems to be used for a sutra or relics bowl presumably, but not it exist only lid. It is in good condition but with old iron rust on in...

A Korean, celadon, brush washer of foliate form; Goryeo dynasty. Delicately potted as a flower, with petals rising from the wide base; a nice piece for the scholar's desk. Moulded decoration to the interior. Diameter; 9.2 cm Condition; finely crackled throughout, a small chip to one of the petals. See photo.

A Very Rare Pair of White Glazed Two Ear Wine Cups: Korea, Choson Dynasty, 15th Century This pair of wine cups is an extremely rare and unusual shape of two ear handle attached white glazed stir-up wine cups, the deep and wide cup set on a high ring foot and molded with two flat and tangle formed with carved notched comb handles with one hole on each side. It is covered overall with a creamy white crackled clear glaze with salmon-pink blushes on the interior and exterior. The first one ha...

A Very Rare Koryo Celadon Ewer with Incised/Carved Lid: Korea, Koryo Period, 12th Century, This unusual/rare shape of ewer has low mouth with a drop lid, this one has a tall, straight mouth with a cover.(The existing lid is not original match to the ewer). The body of globular form resting on raised circular base and molded with a slightly curved spout and loop handle with attachment ring. The lid (not an original lid with the ewer) is in the shape of an upside-down lotus flower. The lid...

A Very Rare, Large, Fine Korean Pottery Bottle with Characters (명문명)-11th C.: Korean, Koryo dynasty, 11th to 14th century. Incised Characters. A well potted with a ring to the neck, and quite large baluster shape of a pottery incised with two characters on the base, an unusual one hole to the near shoulder that is for an air flow or to control its liquid polling out presumably but not quite clear what is for the simple hole, and neither the characters are, pottered with a pure...

A Very Fine Sea Green Glazed Korean Koryo Celadon Large Bowl-12th C.: Korea, Koryo period, 12th century, This is a large and rich celadon glazed basin. It is with a wide flattened conical form, the rounded sides flaring to an incurved lipped rim, resting on a lower wide foot ring with spur marks, no celadon glazed on the foot ring, greenish blue celadon glaze evenly applied an interior and exterior. It is in excellent condition with no chips, no cracks at all except some scratches...

A Beautiful Korean Sea-Green Celadon Foliate Rim Bowl-12th C.: Korea, Koryo dynasty, 12th century. A fine and evenly beautiful celadon glaze with 6 foliate (petal) rim bowl, with 4 kiln encrustations to the foot rim, the vase celadon glazed, set on a short ring foot, with a slight swapped body, all beneath some finely crackled and bubble-suffused rich celadon glaze. It’s in fine condition but two celadon glaze long hairline crackles (no body cracks), but one hair line body crack (...

A Very Rare and Large Roof End-Tile –Gray Stoneware Korea, Unified Silla Dynasty or early Koryo dynasty, 9th -11th Century This monster roof end tile was typically made for a temple. As a Korean this type of monster roof end-tile is a very rare in beauty of style and technical excellence. Korean old temple tiles remain unsurpassed and rival those made in China and Japan. ** Tiles with monster masks were mounted on the ends of rafters and were supposed to ward off evil spirits. This ty...

A Very Fine Sea-Green Celadon Glazed Shallow Dish: Korea, Koryo Dynasty, 12th Century, This dish is a very high quality of sea-green celadon glaze applied overall the interior and exterior, molded with peony scroll interior wall and a flower head in the center, resting in a wide base with three spur marks. It is in mint condition. Measures 5 1/4” x 1 1/2”

A Very Rare Koguryo Stoneware Roof Tile; Three Kingdoms, Koguryo Dynasty, 5th-6th Century This is a very rare and fine roof tile from the out of its original place and in the market. The circular roof tile is finely moulded with a stylized lotus flower design surrounded by a raised rim. It is in fine condition with this old age. It measures 6” diameter x 4 1/4” long *** As a Koguryo roof tile there is no any offer in markets. For a similar example of this tiles see Tokyo National Muse...

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. It is covered overall by a glossy, crackled bubble suffused...

A Very Rare Imperial/Incised Celadon Glazed Cup-stand: Korea, Koryo Dynasty, 12th Century This is a very high quality and imperial celadon glazed cup-stand, the domed corner incised with lotus petals within a raised ring, enclosed pendent leaves the broad reverted rim divided into eight foliages, evenly applied overall with a fine celadon glaze with 5 spur marks on the bottom. It is in excellent condition without any damages. Measures 6 1/4” x 1 5/8”h

Very Rare Goryeo Dynasty Gan Chal Calligraphy by the famous scholar Jeong Yi Oh aka Gyo Eun, born 1347. Frame: 19 x 19 inches, 48.25 x 48.25 cm; Calligraphy: 12 x 12 inches, 30.5 x 30.5 cm.