Korean Chest

1860s Korean chest, adorned with fish, birds and flowers. 2 shelves.

The doors and drawers of this chest/cabinet are inlaid with ebony double line stringing that frame Korean tiger wood panels. All of the brass overlay, hing...

1959s tall Korean chest. Iron hardware.

19th Century Bandaji chest featuring a heavily decorated case with gleaming silver pierced grill work and handles. This rare blanket chest is similar to a Japanese Tansu chest and is...

An intricately decorated Korean Chest with fine wood graining and fine presentation. Each door with an inscribed panel in calligraphy. With two-part recessed side panels and raised o...

A striking Korean Bandaji with lots of original patina circa 19th century of late Joseon Dynasty. 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 area in now North Korea and was clearly intended as a wedding chest. Constructed in limewood (also known as Lindenwood), which is rather plain and lacks grains, the chest was instead sumptuously decorated with nickel-copper (Paktong or white copper) plates, stripes and studs. Covering nearly 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 heavy fish lock (no key), flanked by a pair of pulls set on plates in longevity mushroom pattern (lingzi). The middle row has a large cloud-form hinge in the center, flanked by three vertical pairs of rectangular hinges. The lower row features a large embossed and chased square plate with a character "Double happiness" in the center, a Hanja character reserved for the wedding ceremony. On both sides, large pair...