Illustration: Jar with dragon, Ming Xuande period. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)
Department
Asian Art
Asian art is the largest collecting field in the Bay Area, and the heart of our sales. We handle Chinese ceramics from early wares to imperial porcelain, jade and hardstone carvings, bronzes, Buddhist sculpture, snuff bottles and the objects of the scholar's desk. Every object is examined in hand, and anything we cannot settle is stated plainly in the catalogue.
Objects collected for this department. Dates and materials are first assessments.
We are collecting for this department now. Registered objects will appear here.
What we look for
Ceramics (imperial, private-kiln and Song wares), jade and hardstone, painting and calligraphy, bronzes and Buddhist sculpture, scholar's objects and snuff bottles, Japanese and Korean art
Please prepare
Clear photos (including the base and any marks), dimensions, purchase or family records
Limits
Archaeological objects need documented lawful provenance and export
Consign to this department
Send us photos, dimensions and what you know about the object. We will reply with a first opinion and next steps.
