Willows and mountain scenes help Korean art steal the show

The most hotly contested property in Christie’s 335-lot Japanese and Korean sale on October 15 was a selection of Korean art from the Falk collection. Just over half of the reasonably estimated 55 Korean entries hailed from this New York collection, that attracted new American buyers as well as regular European privates and dealers.

Given the state of the recovering Korean economy and the disruption to the sale date, Christie’s Kor…

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