White Celadon Jar Number Two by Kim Young Mi. This beautiful and unusual shade of celadon is achieved by the artist's skillful manipulation of the glaze. 7.5h x 7w inches, 19h x 18w cm.
Nesting Instincts by Korean Basket Artist Joun Sungnim. Joun Sungnim was a featured artist at the 2009 Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show. Material: Sedge. Dimensions: 15 x 15 x 4 inches, 38 x 38 x 10 cm. Artist's Description: The moment of the birth of new life preserved in the nest.
Order and Change by Korean Basket Artist Joun Sungmin. Joun Sungnim was a featured artist at the 2009 Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show. Material: Sedge. Dimensions: 16.5 x 18.75 x 18.75 inches, 42 x 22 x 22 cm. Artist's Description: Order is inconvenient but gives us comfort, change can be chaotic but grants freedom. Beauty is created by repeating order and change.
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.
This chest has the finest metalwork of any chest we have ever had. Kaesong, North Korea bandaji (front-opening chest) are rare and desirable for collectors, because they are not as common as Pyongyang, North Korea bandaji, and are renowned for their fine, detailed metalwork. This chest is a great example of Kaesong metalwork, spectacular and beautifully rendered with auspicious symbols of pine trees, roosters, bats, peonies, lotus flowers, bamboos, pullochos, sparrows, mountains, and the Chinese... Click for details
A large wood rice measure from early 20th century Korea, made in a uniquely Korean shape, adapts nicely to a second life as a plant holder. We have also seen these sturdy containers turned over and used as a stool or small table. Originally used to measure rice, it is made of thick planks of zelkova (keyaki) wood fitted together and held in place with black metal bands. The ear-like handles and heavy bottom obviously are hand-hewn. Hangul characters carved into the side indicate the measurement ... Click for details
Woo Jong Taek paints on both sides of the paper, just as Koryo Dynasty monks would do when painting Buddhist paintings hundreds of years ago. Ink and Color on Paper. Frame: 48.5 x 23.5 inches, 123.5 x 59.5 cm; Painting: 41 x 15 inches, 104 x 38 cm. Korean Contemporary Art
Woo Jong Taek paints on both sides of the paper, just as Koryo Dynasty monks would do when painting Buddhist paintings hundreds of years ago. Ink and Acrylic on Paper. 60 x 60 inches, 150 x 150 cm. Korean Contemporary Art
Museum Quality Very Rare and Large late 19th to early 20th Century Three Level Korean Buddhist Temple Chest constructed of exotic zelkova and paulownia wood in Extraordinary Condition. We have attached here a scan of the page from the Portland Museum Korean Collection Catalog that has a photo and description of the chest they have that is the twin of this chest. These chests were used in the kitchens of Buddhist Temples. There only three in existence in America that anyone knows of: this one, th... Click for details
