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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 Fine Bolooming Plum under full Moon by Woel Jeon, Jang Woo-Sung(1912-2005): Korea, Watercolor on paper. This large sized water color painting painted with a blooming old and large plum brach under full moon, with poems related moon and plum, where this painting painted,and two square seels, Woel Jeon and Jang Woo-Sung In on the lower right. It is in very fine condition but slight stains, and it’s been removed from the original outer frame for shipping, but it is ready to display on wall...

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. This painting painte...

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. This painting painted in...

A Korean Fine/Large 8 Panel Bird/Flower Folk Painting Screen: Korea, Choson Peoriod, 19th Century. This spectacular large 8 panel painting screen painted with different kinds of birds and flowers in mineral pigments, ink and color on paper, and it’s an unusual large panel screen as a Korean folk art painting, They are in very fine condition with bright colors but the two panels have a small repair (panel 1and 4 from left to right) , otherwise there is no any noticeable damages, it measur...

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 StylizedGroup of Crane Painting by Priest Joong-Kwang (1935-2002): Korea, this painting mounted with a brocaded cloth and wood framed back. This quite large stylized group of crane painted in ink and red color on paper, and dated 1980s, signed Joong-Kwang in red seal in Korean. It’s in very fine condition, and measures 113.7cm x 39.5cm (44 3/4” x 15 1/2”) painting only.

An Extremely Rare Reverse Glass Ukiyo-e Beauty Painting: Japan, 18th –early 19th C. with Original lacquered wood frame The artist name singned with a square red seal on lower right. Offered Here is an extremely rare reverse painting of a whole figure of standing beauty painted on reverse glass, This type of Japanese Ukiyo-e painting of a beauty is rarely existed in markets now. This beauty painted so elaborately with a Japanese traditional dress with a holding fan, and painted in colorfu...

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 Korean Dalma (Lohan) Painting by Priest Joong-Kwang (1935-2002); Korea, this painting mounted with brocaded cloth and wood framed back. This Korean Dalma painted in ink on paper and dated 1980s, signed Joong-Kwang in Korean and sealed the artist's name and priest Joong-Kwang. It's in very good condition, and measures 60.5cm x 43.2cm (25 3/4" x 17") painting only.

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. x 3.5cm d.. *** A very ...

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 Stylized Bird Painitng by Priest Joong-Kwang (1935-2002): Korea, this painting mounted with brodcaded cloth and wood framed.back. This bird (Penquin?) painted in ink on paper and dated 1970s, signed Joong-Kwang and a red sealed with Joong-Kwang in Korean. It’s in very good condition, and measures 68cm x 44cm (26 3/4” x 17 1/4”) painting only..