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 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, Large, Fine Korean Pottery Bottle with Characters (명문명)-11th C.: Korean, Koryo dynasty, 11th to 14th century. Incised Characters...

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 Korean White Bottle Painted Iron Brown with Abstract Floral Design-16th/17th C.: The tapered, pear form vessel rising from a high ring foot to the short neck and wide mouth with rolled lip, painted on two opposing sides with abstract floral leaf sprays in underglaze iron brown, applied in a shiny transparent pure white crackled glaze evenly over the surfaces, small send encrusted on base...

A Very Rare/Fine Korean Blue/White Decorated with a Carp Shallow Dish-19th C.: Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century...

A Fine Korean Copper-Red//Blue Glazed Peach Shape Water Dropper-19th C.: Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century. Resting on a eight-sided stand modelled as the stem of the peach fruit, the two side leaves Incised with diagonal lines to indicate veins and painted in underglaze blue, the pointed tip, and three stylized flowerheads below the tip in painted underglaze copper-red, and stem painted in underglaze iron-oxide, also covered by a glossy translucent glaze...

A Very Fine/Rare Korean Total Blue Hae-Tae (Sea Lion)-Shape Water Dropper-19th C.: Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century. Amusingly molded as a recumbent figure of a mythical lion-dog, the surface details incised and realistically molded, decorated in a washy underglaze blue beneath a white glaze, the base unglazed. It’s in very good condition with no chips, cracks or repairs, it measures in inches:3” L. x 2 3/8” w. x 1 3/8” h. (7.5cm x 6cm x 3.5cm).

A Very Fine/Quite Large Korean Copper-Red Hae-Tae Shape Water Dropper-19th : Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century...

A Very Fine Korean Blue and White Big Bowl with Characters(Shou)-19th C.: Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century. The beautiful clear white glazed deep bowl on short ring foot with slightly everted rim, decorated in underglaze with a charavter “SHOU” in the interior well, the rim with two ring circles, the exterior decorated with three characters, applied overall with a blue tinged translucent white glaze. It’s in excellent condition, it measures 24cm x 10.5cm h...

A Very Fine Korean White Slip Inlaid Punchong Bowl with Flower heads-16th C.: Korea, Joseon period, 16th cenatury. Inlaid overall in white slip, decorated in the center with a xtylized chrysanthemum flower head, encircled by alternating bands of seed and lappet patterns all below a narrow band of stylized tufrs of grass, the ezterior with similar decoration, supported on a wide foot rim, applied with celadon glaze overall surfaces including base...

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)...

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...

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 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...

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...

A Rare Korean Fine White Glazed Baluster Shape Porcelain Jar-18th C.: Korea, Joseon Period, 18th century. The finely potted baluster form with bulbous shouler and tapering waist and raised mouth rim, decorated with an overall warm and slilght blue tinged white glaze applied, some areas slightly discolored in firing. It’s in fine condition but a small chip repaired near the foot (see photo #2), otherwise very fine condition, it measures 10.25” h. x 8” (26cm x 20.8cm).

A Very Rare/Fine Korean Total Blue Glazed Small Bottle-19th C.: Korea, Joseon period, 19th century. A small bottle of very fine and rare beautiful blue glazed, of compressed globular form set on a short ring foot with tall, cylindrical neck ending in a rolled lip, brushed overall with cobalt blue under fine and clear white glaze, the recessed base and inside of the moutn glazed white. It’s in very fine condition, it measure 10 cm x 7.5 cm (4” x 3”) respectably.

A Rare Korean Punchong Bottle Incised with Peony Blooms-16th C.: Korea, Joseon period, 15th – 16th century. With long ovoid body balanced on a high foot and with wide flared mouth, the form of pear Punchong stone ware bottle vase incised with a band of large peony blooms incircled by scrolling leaves, below the two circular rings over the white slip brush to the body and incised and covered light celadon glaze over all, roug sands adhered to the foot ring and base. It’s fine c...

Antique Korean large blue and white porcelain jar, with a long, oval shaped body. Cobalt underglaze sparrows and pomegranates on branches decorate the body, with a collar of ruyi motifs along the base of the neck. The foot has a single ring above it in cobalt blue. Choson Dynasty 19th century.

Size: 10" L x 13.5" H

A large Korean celadon glazed stoneware bowl with incised decoration of a pair of stylised birds, presumably Pheonixes or possibly Cranes. The bowl dates to the late 11th or the 12th century. The bowl measures 8 inches in diameter and stands 2.5 inches high at the rim. There is one extremely fine hairline crack to the rim that is scarcely visible to to the naked eye. There are no chips, frits cracks or restoration. Additional images on request.

Korean Blue and White small jar decorated with precious objects. Choson 19thC. Height:4 3/4" (12.0 cm). Condition: Filled chip to rim 1.7 cm and an associated crack 3.6 cm to the interior.

A Very Fine Blue and White Korean Porcelain Globular Jar-19th C.: Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century. The globular jar on raised and recessed ring foot and with slightly everted collar, decorated in underglaze blue with two peony sprays below a band of cusped clouds, the neck with parallel lines, beneath a thick, blue-tinged clear white glaze overall, It’s in very fine condition without any repairs or cracks but a very slight discoloration on other side. It measures 5 ¾” h. x 6 �...

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...

An Extre. Rare/Fine Korean Sraffiato (¹ÚÁö-¸é)Peony and Reverse Inlaid (¿ª»ó°¨) Punchong Jar-15th C.: Korea, Joseon dynasty, 15th century. The squat globular stoneware wide body sharply tapering to a raised ring foot, with everted rolled rim, decorated with white slip inlaid to the neck, decorated in black and white slip inlaid in sraffiato and reverse inlaid with a large peony flowerhead and leaves and decorated en suite on other sides, beneath rich and clear celadon glaze app...

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 ...

A Fine and Very Rare Group of 23 Temple’s Roof Tiles from 3 Kingdoms-4th -6th C.: Korea, Three Kingdoms (Old Silla, Baekjae and Goguryo)4th -6th century. They are various types of molded lotus bud decorated roof tiles, and a depicting monster mask molded design, most of them from Silla dynasty, and a few rare tiles of them from Baekjae and Goguyo period, They’re fine condition with some chips aroung its edges due to its ages (but one tile broken and reattached), otherwise they’re fine ...

A Very Rare/Fine Open Carved Bat and Swastika Brush Pot-19th C.: Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century. Square, set on a square base supported by fout bracket feet carved on each side with four panels flamed by raised borders, four sides carved with two bats on each side, a large swastika medallion design, covered with a milky blue tinged white glaze over all. It’s in very fine condition without any chips or repairs at all-perfect condition. It measures 11.5cm h. x 11.5cm d. acr...

A Very Rare and Large Korean Early White Glazed Pear Shaped Bottle-15th/16th C.: Korea, early Joseon dynasty, 15th or 16th century. The well portioned large pear shaped body slopping to a raised ring foot and tapering to narrow neck with flaring mouth, decorated in a blue tinged, crackled and translucent greyish white glaze overall, unglazed the base, and firing glaze defect on the bottom. It’s in very fine condition without any repairs or cracks at all but some stains due to age and...

Antique Korean porcelain bottle vase of a stout teardrop form with short, fluted neck. The glaze is a translucent beige white with a slight hint of blue, with natural crackling throughout. 18th/19th century. Size: 9" height, 6" width

Extremely Rare /Large Korean Stoneware Jar Incised with Human Figure-5th/6th C.: Korea, Old Silla dynasty, 5th to 6th century. The globular jar with long neck set on a flaring foot pierced with rectangular appertures, decorated with comb-patterns incised, incised rings and stylized human figure on neck, shoulder and upper body, natural ash glaze scattered around body. It’s in very good condition but some small chips on the mouth rim. It measures 36 cm h. x 28 cm d. (14 1/8” h. x...

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.

This rare tea bowl has also a comfortable feeling of ...

A Very High Quality of Korean Celadon Shallow Bowl with Foliate Rim and Ribs-12th C.: Korea, Koryo dynasty, 12th century. The beautiful Koryo celadon glazed shallow bowl is in widely flaring sides rising to a slightly lobed rim and modeled with 6 ribs showing through to the interiors beneath high quality of sea-green celadon glaze with crackles through out the interiors and exteriors, supported on a low unglazed foot ring with earth, burned the base turned brown color. It’s in very ...

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.

The high foot has been trimmed when the clay was leather hard producing a rough surfac...

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...

The Best Quality of Korean Beautiful Sea-Green Celadon Impressed Decorated Bowl-12th C. Korea, Koryo dynasty, 12th century. of conical form with wide mouth, interior decorated with four moulded emblems of peony floral heads and leaves with clouds, beautiful and transparent thin celadon glaze covered overall inside and out and base evenly with crackled greenish-blue celadon glaze, a three spur marks on base. It’s in very fine condition with beautiful ice-crack celadon glaze, it m...