3 days LeftFreeman's | HindmanA Fine Korean Mother-of-Pearl, Shagreen, and Wire Inlaid Two-Door Chest, Joseon Period 李$1,500
Oct 02, 2024The Buddha GalleryLarge 16/17thC Korean Bodhisattva of Compassion-Start reduced 50%$1,500
Oct 19, 2024Time ArtKorean Painted Figures Flower And Bird Inlaid Copper Display Cabinet 20th CenturyCA$100
2 days LeftDawsons AuctioneersA pair of early 20th-century Korean elm coffer cabinets, each with three frieze drawers above a pair£100
Korean 10-panel folding screen, estimated at $600-$800, closed at $117K at NealNEW ORLEANS – The second day of the Unreserved Sale at Neal Auction Company on February 20-21 included this Korean 10-panel folding screen. Made in the late 19th century in the final years of the Joseon period (1392-1910), the decoration comprises 20 ink and color on silk paintings on the theme of the Five Confucian Virtues. The paintings share similarities with […]
Block of early North Korean stamps triumphed at Chiswick LONDON – A block of one of the first stamps issued in North Korea sold for £27,500, or about $34,900, at Chiswick Auctions on July 19. The near-mint sheet of 104 copies of the 1946 Gen. Kim II Sung 50ch was part of the second tranche of a remarkable postal history collection assembled by John Newell, who […]
Asian Art Museum presents first major US show of Korean portraitureSAN FRANCISCO — Drawing a line from centuries of Confucian tradition to today’s selfie-culture, Likeness and Legacy in Korean Portraiture presents exquisite traditional draft and finished paintings alongside innovative sculptures, mixed media, and paintings from recent decades. Likeness and Legacy is exclusively at the Asian Art Museum from August 27 to November 29.
Eye on Korean ceramics: celadon, whiteware & moon jarsNEW YORK — While Japanese and Chinese ceramics and porcelain have risen to unprecedented heights at auction, achieving multi-million dollar prices, other worthy Asian wares have been overshadowed. Though they haven’t yet soared to the level of the Chinese phoenix vase that attained $41 million in June 2021, Korean ceramics and porcelain have held their […]