Korean Furniture

One of a kind chair by Kyung-Tack Roh from South Korea.

Loop Series Chain Champagne Glass in Borosilicate Glass by Studio-Chacha Dimensions: Ø 10 x H 33 cm. Materials: Borosilicate glass. Cha Shin-sil is a Seoul-based designer and founde...

Flip Pendant lamp by Sebastian Herkner x AGO Lighting Natural Leather Pendant Lamp Materials: Aluminum Light Source: E14 Watt. Max 20 W Cable Length: 3m Available colors...

A six-panel painted folding floor screen from Korea circa early 20th century. This type of screen is called Chaekgeori (books and things) which is quite unique to Korea. It became popular at the end of 18th century favored and encouraged by King Jeongjo (1752-1800) as a political tool to promote social conservatism such as the traditional Confucianism value, especially considered important in a time when waves of new ideology influx came to Korea. Initially commissioned for the royal court, they became increasingly popular with the scholars of noble and affluent households and were used widely in their halls and studies. Early screens were painted with trompe-l’oeil bookcases displaying books and arrays of collectibles. Later, the bookcases were eliminated to focus on the assemblage of neatly stacked books and objects of scholarly pursue. On this screen, the six panels were neatly presented and framed in woven brocade borders. Among the stacked volumes, one can find many fine porcelain vases with flowers, potted orchids, pen holders with brush pens and scroll paintings, incense burner, ink stone, teapot, fan with ink painting, vessels of fruits, exotic plants such as lotus, plumeria and even a pair of glasses. It feels like a pleasant visual measure hunting for the viewers. Several words in Chinese found their way into the picture as well, including filial (xiao), longevity (shou) and luck (fu). The painting was done in a meticulous way with no details overlooked and also with a rather western still-life dimensional perspective. In a rather unusual maximal but also minimalistic way, the screen exudes a historical charm with a folky flair but appears modern at the same time. Each panel is 17.5"w by 70.2"h. For general information on the subject see reference: Chaekgeori the Power and Pleasure of Possessions in Korean Painted Screens...

This striking piece is a 19th-century Korean Bandaji, or blanket chest. It features a drop-front opening mechanism, highly stylized iron hardware plate extensions and auspicious symb...

A retro Industrial aluminium flameproof wall-mounted twin LED tube strip light by Daeyang. Originally these lights were manufactured circa 1970 for NATO vessels. Reclaimed and pro...

Tooth Chair in Cast Aluminium by Dongwook Choi. Dimensions: W 38 x D 70 x 45 cm. Materials: Cast aluminium. Dongwook Choi studied at Konkuk university, Seoul for BFA, majoring metal...

An exquisite pair of Korean bronze pedestal offering bowls, Goryeo Dynasty, 13th-15th century, Korea. The Goryeo bronze bowls of generous proportions, with high sides and an ever so slightly everted rim. The bowls are supported on a pedestal base with a tall stem and wide, splayed ring foot. The bowls plain, save for a single engraved line circumscribing the splayed foot. The bowls with an amazingly rich and complex patina of mottled reddish browns from cuprite and dark greens from malachite. The bronze heavily cleaned to the European taste, removing most of the encrustations. Some areas of the bowls with rougher areas where the accretions could not be removed. Crafted in two parts in the spun bronze technique, then joined. The bowls are unusually thin for bronze, with the lathe lines still visible to the undersides. An unusual form and size for Goryeo period bronze utensils...

A tall and elegant antique Korean candlestick, circa 1900. The body crafted in two parts, and featuring circular brass reflector with a charming design of butterflies and magnolia...

An original 1970s maritime ceiling light by South Korean manufacturer Daeyang, featuring a substantial copper shade, cast brass housing and protective brass cage. Salvaged from decom...

A Korean black lacquered wood low table with elaborate inlay works circa late Joseon dynasty (late 19th century to turn of 20th century). The low table, supported by slightly curved ...

Korean Koryo Style Celadon Flower Vase with Birds, 19th Century A fine Korean Koryo-style celadon flower vase, dating to the 19th century. This elegant cylindrical vase is covered i...

Arts of Korea Hardcover by Judith G. Smith 1998. Examining the significant developments in Korean art from the Neolithic period to the 19th century, this volume focuses on ceramics, ...

15 traditional embroidered pillows usually given by a bride to her husband as part of her dowry during marriage in Korea's modern era. These embroideries feature traditional symbols ...

Korean Wedding Bandaji Chest Joseon Dynasty style.A Korean Bandaji chest circa late early to mid 20th century of Joseon Dynasty. Known as drop fr...

Bandaji is known as drop front half-opening chest that was used to store family valuables and beddings. The Bandaji on offer was made in Pyongyang region of Pyongan Do (province) in ...

An antique Korean Buncheong stoneware tea bowl (chawan) from early Joseon Dynasty circa late 15th to early 16th century. The bowl with a short ring base is nearly entirely covered in a white slip except the base (known as sougusuri in Japanese, total glaze). Iron-colored scrolling vines were painted on with quick and deft brush strokes, rendering the bowl a vital and spontaneous appeal. It appears that the bowl was dipped in the white slip instead of being brushed on, observing from the slip pattern left on the rim of the bowl. The bowl shows significant age and evident of use for tea drinking. There are losses of glaze flakes throughout, along the rim and inside the bowl. The flake off the glaze left a dark spot on the rim, exposing the deep colored clay underneath. Inside the bowl, many of the glaze flakes appear more superficial and retains a yellowing color from the tea stains (known as amamori, rain leak). There is a historical crack line on the exterior (surface only) that result in associated small losses of glaze. It appears that the crack line was the result from the kiln firing and gradually the glaze around it started to reduce. The bowl comes with a later wrapping cloth and a wood tomobako box, but they are not original to the piece. This particular type of Buncheong ware was associated with the Hakbong-ri kilns in the sacred Mount Gyeryong Mountains, west of Daejeon city in the Chungcheong province. During early Joseon Dynasty, the emperor decided to reject Buddhism to embrace the Confucianism. As a result, many monks were forced to abandon their religious life and returned to the secular society. The monks in Gyeryong mountains set up the kilns and started to produce this so called "Hakbong-ri" type of Buncheong ware. The production was shorted-lived for only a few decades from late 15th to early 16th century before it turned to porcelain, but the ware made during that period was noted for their fresh and enigmatic appeal with deft iron-paint decoration. Collectors cherish these rare pieces for their vitality and spontaneity often used them on important occasions of chado in Japan and passed down to generation. For a similar bowl, see Catalog 52 illustrated on page 87 of the book "Korean Buncheong Ceramics...

Large brass turtle hawksbill sculpture / storage box.

One of the most beautiful Korean Bandajis we have had with original patina circa mid-19th century of late Joseon Dynasty. Purchased in Seoul in 1987 and still retains its original hand-written invoice (dated to 1840s). Essentially a Korean drop front half-opening chest, Bandaji was widely used in the household to store family valuables, clothes and beddings. This particular piece on offer was made in Pyongyang area in now North Korea as a wedding chest indicated by the specific auspicious symbols on the metal hardware. Constructed in pearwood, a relatively rare wood type from northern peninsular, which is rather plain and lacks grains but mellowed into a lovely yellow color, the chest was instead sumptuously decorated with nickel-copper (Paktong) plates, hinges, stripes and bosses. Covering much of the entire front of the cabinet, the metal plates were placed with eye-pleasing symmetry pattern. The top row is centered with a large square lock plate with latch and a lock (with key), flanked by a pair of pulls in the bat form (symbol of luck). The middle row has two cloud-form hinges alternate with four large vertical pairs of rectangular hinges. The lower row features a large fish plate (symbol of abundance) flanked by two crane plate...

Gwol Side Table by Lee Jung Hoon Dimensions: D60 x W40 x H52cm Materials: Stainless steel, Iron Corrosion. This work is designed under the theme of coexistence between the past...

Cast brass Arabian Camel Figurine Cast in Korea. It has a lovely old patina throughout from age.

Reclaimed vintage Industrial Korean flameproof striplight made by Daeyang in the 1970's painted in duck egg. Original item salvaged from supe...

This ornate Korean stool was crafted in the early 20th century of lacquered papier-mâché with beautiful mother-of-pearl inlay, a decorative technique known as "najeonchilgi." During ...

Loop Series Chain 02 in Borosilicate Glass by Studio-Chacha Dimensions: Ø 9 x H 23 cm. Materials: Borosilicate glass and champagne glass. Cha Shin-sil is a Seoul-based designer and ...

Acrylic colors on paper depicting Scottish pony; it is a preparatory sketch commissioned for an animals encyclopedia for children, created and signed by a Korean artist in the 1970s....

A finely crafted Korean Morijang chest dated to the late 19th century toward the end of Joseon Dynasty. "Morijang" was traditionally used to keep house valuables such as jewelries an...

A Korean hardwood diminutive chest with brass mounts. The two doors open to reveal storage and drawers with three drawers along the top. The highly figurative wood on the front door ...

Loop Series Stream 2 Candle Holder in Borosilicate Glass by Studio-Chacha Dimensions: Ø 10 x H 37 cm. Materials: Borosilicate glass. Cha Shin-sil is a Seoul-based designer and found...

A Piece Of One Day 40-26 Wall Piece by Saerom Yoon Dimensions: D 130 x H 160 cm. Materials: Resin. Saerom Yoon is an artist based in Seoul, South Korea. His work is inspired by the ...

An attractive Korean Goryeo Dynasty bronze bottle vase with traces of gilding, 11th - 12th century, Korea. The vase of typical form, with a short recessed foot supporting a pear s...

An antique Korean wood Bandaji circa 19th century of Joseon Dynasty. Relatively rare, this Bandaji was likely from the southern part of the Pyongan province near Hwanghae province (i...

A small antique Korean Buncheong stoneware vase from early Joseon Dynasty circa 16th century. The vase is of a classic pear form with a waisted neck, a flared mouth and a ringed base...

Decorative handcrafted vase with mother-of-pearl inlay.

Voyage Floor Lamp by Bymars x AGO Lighting Silver Materials: Aluminum, Cotton fabric, PMMA Light Source: Integrated LED (SMD), DC Watt. 10 W Color temp. 2700 / 3000K Cable ...

Heritage layer side table by Lee Jung Hoon Dimensions: D 100 x W 29.4 x H 471cm Materials: walnut, stainless steel, steel. Also available in different dimension. The Heritage ...

When Tiger Used to Smoke: Collection implies the idea of long-term sustainability by working with masters of each field who deserve much more recognition and incorporating modern fur...

Table 14 by Saerom Yoon Dimensions: D 100 x W 200 x H 87 cm. Materials: Acrylic. My oldest childhood memories go back to the time I spent in the Philippines with my parents. The gre...

A Korean stoneware bowl from Goryeo dynasty circa 12th century. The conical form bowl with a small raised foot rim is covered in a celadon green glaze. ...

Sang-Min Lee Title: Celadon Cup Year: 2018 engraved glass in artist's frame Etched signature and year Provenance: Gallery Tableau, South Korea Private collection in US. The piece i...

Table 08 by Saerom Yoon Dimensions: Ø 50 x H 45 cm. Materials: Acrylic. My oldest childhood memories go back to the time I spent in the Philippines with my parents. The green mounta...

A ceramic stem bowl with high cylindrical pedestal foot in white glaze from Korea, circa 18 centuries of late Joseon Dynasty. By shape, this piece appears to be a ceremonial vessel t...

Vintage solid brass skyscraper vase

Korean Style Tansu Chest with Iron Mounts, c. 1965–1985 — From the Collection of Plácido Domingo A striking and functional Korean-style tansu cabinet, crafted in the mid-to-late 20t...

Domino Pendant lamp by Sylvain Willenz x AGO Lighting Burgundy - Double Pendant Lamp Materials: Aluminum Light Source: Integrated LED (COB), DC Watt. 30 W (15W x 2) Color tem...

Heritage layer side table by Lee Jung Hoon Dimensions: D100 x W29.4 x H45 cm Materials: walnut, stainless steel, steel. Also available in different dimension. The Heritage seri...

A Korean wooden two-toned side chest from the late 19th-early 20th century, with double doors and brass hardware. This Korean cabinet features a rectangular top sitting above a two-toned façade, made of petite double doors...

A black lacquered wood wedding box known as Ham in Korea with a conforming stand. Based on the construction and design, the piece is likely dated to early 20th century (Korean Empire...

Mozzi Flush Mount by AGO Lighting Small Grey UL Certified Opal glass, Steel, Aluminum Integrated LED (SMD), DC Light source: Integrated LED (SMD), DC Watt: 6 W Color Temp. 2700 / 3...

A Korean porcelain brush holder in cylinder log form from the end of Joseon dynasty to Korean Empire circa late 19th century to early 20th century. Cherished by the scholars, brush p...

An antique Korean storage chest from the early 20th century, with silver plated brass hardware and drop down panel. Created in Korea during the early years of the 20th century, this ...

An antique Korean side chest from the early 20th century, with petite double doors and traditional brass hardware. Delve into the understated elega...

A rare antique Korean two-level book chest made from zelkova (Korean Elm) and secondary pine wood with hand-wrought iron hardware fittings circa early to mid-19th century (Joseon per...

A Korean ceramic storage jar circa 18th century of Joseon Dynasty. The jar is of a characteristic form with a bulbous upper body that tappers with a gra...

Fade Coffee Table by Wonwoo Koo x DVIRA Dimensions: D 85 x W 140 x H 34,7 cm. Material: Stainless steel Finish: Proprietary multi-stage hand-applied oxidation patina — matte black gr...

Proportions of stone shelf 01 by Lee Sisan Dimensions: W 110 x D 35 x H 150 cm Materials: Stainless steel, natural stone Each piece is made to order a...

A Korean porcelain brush holder in hexagon form from the end of Joseon dynasty circa late 19th century. Cherished by the scholars, brushpot like this would grace the desk in the man'...

An antique Korean wedding wood Bandaji circa 19th century from the late Joseon Dynasty. Rarely available, this Bandaji was from Pakchon area in Pyongan Do (in nowadays North Korea). ...

A Korean stoneware bowl from Goryeo dynasty circa 12th century. The conical form bowl with a small raised foot rim is covered in a celadon green glaze...

A fine Korean iron box with intricate silver inlay dated to the late Joseon Dynasty circa 19th century. The body of the box is made from iron of a heavy weight although the wear on t...

An antique wood table from Korea from late 19th century (end of Joseon Dynasty). This type of light weight table is called "Soban" in Korean. which means "Small Tray". It was widely used primarily as individual dining table to present and serve foods, but also as small desk, incense burner holder...