Vajrapani Mantra by Joey Chiarello
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wDFn_vLEao
The first of several video interviews that shed light on Joey Chiarello’s inspiration for his unique sculpture. Hope you enjoy and stay tuned for more!
Mongolian Friends
One of the best and most exciting aspects of this business is to meet and make friends with fellow art lovers from around the world. After a day or … Continue reading
To Burma (Myanmar) and back…
After having a successful antique show in Hong Kong we decided we wanted to see Burma even if the guidebooks said that winter is a much better time to go. Hong Kong is a … Continue reading
Burma
Travelling among the stupa, visiting the markets and lacquer workshops
Reuben Tam Print Revived
This Reuben Tam print was so badly acid-burned and foxed that it was difficult to make out the imagery. After 5 weeks of patient conservation and restoration, this monoprint has … Continue reading
A Visiting Master
Master hyogushi (scroll and screen mounter) Shosaku Yoshimura came to visit our in-house art conservator, Frankie Saucedo. Mr. Yoshimura was kind enough to shower us with gifts of special papers … Continue reading
Home again, home again jiggety jog . . .
I don’t know where this silly line comes from, but my father would say it sometimes when he would come home. It expresses how I feel now with Taiyuan a long … Continue reading
Arrivederci Taiyuan
In one of Woody Allen’s movies he said “The only sin in his family was buying retail” This is the mantra of the whole of China. I have just finished … Continue reading
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