Chinese, Japanese, Korean, South East Asian ceramics and works of art.

Japanese and Chinese works of art, especially paper screens and metalwork.

We have been Oriental Art dealers since 1978 and since 1988 our gallery has been located at our present address in Mayfair. Our main specialisation is in Chinese ceramics and works of art, ranging from Neolithic through the Han, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, of which we aim to offer only objects of the highest quality.

Indian and South East Asian art.

Early Chinese ceramics and sculpture, Ming and Qing porcelain and works of art.

Bonhams are international auctioneers of Chinese Imperial and rare ceramics and works including archaic and later bronzes, jade, hardstone and rhinoceros horn carvings, furniture and cloisonné and painted enamel wares as well as export porcelain and Southeast Asian works of art.

Since Bonhams held its first dedicated auction of fine Japanese art in 2007, the department has gone from strength to strength, recently achieving record prices for Meiji period metalwork, cloisonné enamel, armour and ivory sculpture.  Bonhams handles a broad range of antique and modern Japanese art. 

Ceramics, prints and paintings, bronzes and works of art from Asia, including China, Japan and Korea.

Bonhams' secondary saleroom for Chinese, Japanese, Korean and other Asian ceramics and works of art.

Chinese works of art including China trade and Chinese and Japanese textiles.

Specialising in Indian miniature paintings from the early Jain and Pre-Mughal traditions of the 14-16th centuries to the later Rajasthani and Pahari courts where painting traditions flourished from the 17th to the 19th centuries. Our offerings reflect our personal taste and connoisseurship, as each work is hand picked. Since 2001 we have been holding exhibitions of 19th century photographs of India by some of the greatest names. Our clients include leading private collections and Museums.

With thoroughly researched and extensively illustrated catalogues Christie’s International Asian Art Departments lead the auction market, offering a series of important sales, which include some of the finest Asian art, including Japanese art. Auctions are held throughout the world in London, New York, Hong Kong, Paris and Amsterdam.

Chinese Art 
Imperial porcelain, export ceramics, pottery, traditional and contemporary
paintings, jade and further works of art, Imperial costumes, court robes and 
accessories including rank badges, textiles and embroideries.
               
Japanese Art
Netsuke, lacquer, porcelain and pottery, Meiji art, woodblock prints, paintings, 
kimono and textiles.

Dealers in Chinese art, including ceramics (porcelain and pottery), sculpture, bronze, jade and furniture; from the Shang, through to Zhou, Han, Six Dynasties, Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming to the early Qing period. Also Japanese screens.

Indian, Gandharan, South-East Asian and Tibetan art.

Japanese works of art from the Meiji period, including metalwork, enamels, lacquer, ceramics, netsuke and inro.

Chinese wood stands, Chinese ceramics and works of art

Our gallery has specialist departments in Indian, Himalayan and Islamic art, as well as East Asian printed books.

Islamic Art, Indian, Himalayan and South-East Asian Art.

Indian miniatures, European and Asian textiles, Islamic and Indian works of art.

Indian Miniatures from the James Ivory collection.
This November, Francesca Galloway is staging an exceptional exhibition of Indian miniatures from the collection of the acclaimed American film director James Ivory in her gallery at 31 Dover Street, London W1. The collection comprises 99 miniatures from the Hindu courts of Rajasthan, the Hill States and South India and paintings made under East India Company rule.

Oriental ceramics and works of art.

Chinese works of art and Chinese contemporary art.

Pan-Asian textiles, costume and works of art contemporary Asian craft.

Our main specialisation is Chinese Art, which falls into two broad categories. The first category consists of early pottery, bronzes and sculpture, ranging in date from the Neolithic period (circa 3000 BC) to the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). It includes Han and Tang dynasty pottery tomb sculpture, Shang and Zhou period bronze ritual vessels, archaic jade, Buddhist sculpture, and porcelain and stoneware from the Song period.

The second category of Chinese art in which we specialise concerns later works of art in a variety of materials, including porcelain, metal, jade, ivory, lacquer, enamel and glass. The majority of these objects date from the Ming and Qing dynasties.

More recently, Ben Janssens Oriental Art has also started dealing in Japanese works of art. We stock mainly pieces made for the Japanese domestic market, including sculpture, lacquer, metal and porcelain.

Japanese art including individual pieces by contemporary artists

Exhibition during Asian Art in London 2010 to be held at:
Gallery 27, Cork Street
London W1S 3NG

A second exhibition during Asian Art in London 2010 will also be held at:
Galerie Besson, 15 Royal Arcade, 28 Old Bond Street,
London W1S 4SP

Chinese ceramics and works of art from the Neolithic to the Qing dynasty, including jades, bronzes, enamels, lacquer and other organic materials.

Chinese porcelain, snuff bottles, jades and works of art.

Chinese ceramics and works of art.

Chinese Ming and Qing imperial porcelain, export ware, jades, cloisonné and works of art.

Islamic and Indian works of art.

Chinese and Japanese paintings and calligraphy; Chinese literati works of art, Japanese works of art, especially netsuke and lacquer.

Mughal jewels and gold jewellery from Southeast Asia.

Kevin Page opened his first antiques gallery in Camden Passage, London in 1978. His current gallery houses ten showrooms boasting a world renowned collection of  Japanese and Chinese antiques and the largest selection in London.
 
The stock is made up of nineteenth Century Japanese works of art including Satsuma, metalware, ivory, wood carvings, furniture and netsuke and Chinese antiques including porcelain and furniture.

Japanese Lacquer and works on paper.

Exhibition during Asian Art in London  2010 to be held at:
Gallery 27, Cork Street
London W1S 3NG


Simon Pilling, East Asian Art & Interiors, deals primarily in Japanese Works of Art.  My stock, almost exclusively sourced in Japan, reflects two broad areas of expertise - lacquer and graphic arts – with particular emphasis on twentieth century and contemporary work.

Trained as an architect, I am always pleased to work with clients to discover how the setting of an artwork in a specific location can both transform the quality of space and enhance the pleasure to be gained from any piece.

Early Chinese pottery and bronzes from the Warring states to the Song dynasty. Also stocked are later Chinese works of art and porcelain.

We specialise in early Chinese works of art, particularly Song ceramics, Han and Tang pottery, Buddhist wood and stone sculpture and early bronzes.

Indian and Islamic Works of Art, specialising in the fine and decorative court arts of the later Islamic and Indian empires with an emphasis on Safavid Persia, Ottoman Turkey, and in particular Mughal India and the Kingdoms of the Deccan and Rajasthan: Indian and Persian miniatures, calligraphy, textiles, tiles and ceramics, stonework, jalis, sculpture and jewellery.

Indian and Himalayan art, early Chinese textiles and Asian contemporary art.

Chinese, Tibetan and Central Asian textiles and works of art.

Exhibition during Asian Art in London 2010 to be held at:
The Air Gallery, Lower Gallery
32 Dover Street
London W1S 4NE

Founded in 1744, Sotheby's regularly auctions Asian art in London, New York, Hong Kong and Paris. Sales of Fine Chinese ceramics and works of art are held in its New Bond Street premises.

Rare Chinese, Japanese and Himalayan works of art, including Tang pottery and Chinese export ceramics, Buddhist images and ritual objects.

Japanese art from the Edo period to contemporary, including metalwork, lacquer, inro, netsuke, kiseruzutsu, cloisonné enamel, porcelain, satsuma, paintings and screens.

Indian, Southeast Asian and Chinese works of art. We are most strongly represented in the fields of stone and bronze sculpture, ceramics and textiles.

Specialising in Chinese ceramics from the Neolithic period to the Qing Dynasty, we keep a large selection of fine Chinese export porcelain and also porcelain made in the Chinese taste. Our collection of ‘Blue and White’, ‘Famille Verte’ and ‘Famille Rose’ porcelain includes from rare pieces, to armorial, European subjects, figures, dinner services and others.

Woolley and Wallis is the leading regional auction house for Oriental ceramics and works of art in the UK, holding sales of Asian Art biannually in May and November, and exhibiting highlights from these auctions in London.