Pale Blue Celadon Vase Number One by Kim Young Mi. This beautiful and unusual shade of celadon is achieved by the artist's skillful manipulation of the iron content of the glaze. 9.25h x 12.5w inches, 23.5h x 32w cm.
Pale Blue Celadon Vase Number Two by Kim Young Mi. This beautiful and unusual shade of celadon is achieved by the artist's skillful manipulation of the iron content of the glaze. 5.25h x 12.75w inches, 13.5h x 32w cm.
Pale Blue Celadon Vase Number Three by Kim Young Mi. This beautiful and unusual shade of celadon is achieved by the artist's skillful manipulation of the iron content of the glaze. 6.75h x 10.5w inches, 17h x 27w cm.
White Celadon Jar Number One 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 8.5w inches, 19h x 21.5w cm.
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
