One of the world’s longest
artistic traditions.
Dealers in Asian works of art.
Asian art represents one of the world’s longest and most influential artistic traditions. Our gallery focuses on bringing together works that demonstrate the remarkable diversity of this heritage, ranging from early Chinese bronzes and ceramics to classical painting, Buddhist sculpture, scholar’s objects, hardwood furniture, and decorative arts from across Asia.
Rather than following a single category or period, we value objects that possess strong visual presence, accomplished craftsmanship, and enduring cultural significance. Each acquisition is selected with an appreciation for the dialogue between history, artistry, and collecting.
We welcome collectors at every stage of their journey, and believe that exceptional works of art should be appreciated not only for their historical importance, but also for their ability to enrich contemporary collections and living spaces.
What is on offer at present
The gallery’s current holding is a group of forty-one contemporary pieces made in the ancient manners of Asia and the Near East: twelve heads in the style of Gandhāran Buddhist sculpture, eight pieces of gold, sixteen figures ranging from the first figurines of Anatolia and the Indus to Himalayan devotional images, and five lots of beads.
These are new works and we describe them as exactly that. Nothing presently offered is an antique or an archaeological find, and no date or place of discovery is attached to any of it. Prices are stated on every entry and run from US$ 320 to US$ 3,500. What each piece is, and what it is not, is set out in full under What We Sell.
Bronzes, ceramics, painting, scholar’s objects and furniture are handled by enquiry and are not listed on this site. Write to us if you are looking in those fields.
How we catalogue
Every piece is photographed from the front, the back and in profile, measured and weighed. Dimensions are given height by width, in centimetres and inches; weights are given as found, and where a piece comes on a stand we say whether the stand is included.
Gold is the only material we name, because it is the only one we have tested. Each gold piece has been read by X-ray fluorescence, and the reading is printed in its entry to a tenth of a per cent, with the equivalent karat and any trace element the instrument records. For everything else we describe what can be seen — colour, surface, form — and we do not name a stone, a metal or a clay we cannot demonstrate.
We then describe a piece by its style: Gandhāran style, Anatolian style, Himalayan style. No dates, no findspots, no attributed to. Those terms belong to the antiquities trade and none of them applies to what is presently on offer.
Display
The heads and most of the figures come on plain black stands, ready to place. Heads read best at or a little below eye level and lit from one side, so that the hair and the lids of the eyes throw shadows; a head lit flat from the front loses most of its modelling. Small figures and gold are best grouped on a shelf or in a shallow case, where they can be seen at close range.
Trade and interiors
We work with designers and hospitality projects: a pair of heads for a console, a group of small figures for a library shelf, a single large figure for an entrance. Tell us the room, the light and the budget, and we will put a selection together.