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December News – A review of Autumn 2025
The gardens at the Albuquerque Foundation, Lisbon, October 2025. Dear Clients and Friends, I hope that you had a fruitful and successful Autumn season. During this period I visited Fenton House with a view to hold a future handling session. It was my first visit to the house which

45th Sir Alan Barlow Lecture at the Ashmolean Museum – The Collector and the Expert
31 October lecture on Sir Alan’s 1937 paper given to the Oriental Ceramics Society.

September News – A review of Summer 2025
My La Grande Jatte moment on the banks of the La Garonne, Toulouse, July 2025. Dear Clients and Friends, I hope that everyone had an enjoyable and restful summer. I began the season by visiting the sales in Paris in June and enjoyed handling some fine examples of Chinese

July News – A review of Spring 2025
On the steps of the Metropolitan Museum for the gala evening on 17 March. I hope that everyone had an enjoyable spring. I had a busy time during this period and I visited New York for Asia week for the first time in around 8 years. I flew into

Hong Kong Palace Museum – 30 November 2024
Brilliance: Ming Dynasty Ceramic Treasures from the Palace Museum, 1368-1644 I visited the Hong Kong Palace Museum for the first time on 30 November last year and went with some clients from Australia. The most interesting exhibition on this visit was the Ming Dynasty Ceramic Treasures from the Palace Museum.

April News: A review of Winter 2024 to 2025
Grounds of MONA Museum, Hobart, Tasmania, February 2025. I hope that everyone had a restful winter. I had a busy time during this period and in December I visited Paris for their Art D’Asia sales. Over this time I also visited a number of museum exhibitions, which included the

Visit to Burghley House – 4 October
I recently arranged a visit with a group from The Oriental Ceramic Society (OCS) to Burghley House in Stamford, Lincolnshire, which took place on Friday 04 October. I had wanted to see the house for some years and I was in touch with an old Sotheby’s colleague who knew Lady

December News: A review of Autumn 2024
Hong Kong Palace Museum at dusk, November 2024. I hope that everyone had an enjoyable autumn. I had a busy time during this period viewing the various auctions during Asian Art in London, as well as travelling to Hong Kong for the sales for the first time since October

September News: A review of Summer 2024
Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, June 2024. I hope that everyone had an enjoyable summer. I had a busy time visiting Paris for the Printemps Asiatique, which has become a well established week of exhibitions, lectures, tours and auctions on the international calendar. This year it included an exhibition