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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

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

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

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

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

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

   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

I hope that everyone enjoyed the northern hemisphere spring period despite the rather mixed weather that we have been having.  I had a busy period after my return from Australia, which included a trip to Durham for the opening of the new Malcolm MacDonald China gallery and I helped to

I had an enjoyable period over the winters season, which included a three week trip to Melbourne, Australia to break the winter and to visit my daughter.  Last December I celebrated five years in the Chinese art consultancy business and I have written an article with some of my thoughts

I thought that after five years in the business of being a consultant in Chinese art, I would share some of the experiences, successes and thoughts that have developed over this period. A New Begining I left Sotheby’s London at the end of November 2018 after running the Chinese department

I had a really interesting time over the autumn period with my involvement in the Phillip Allen sale that was held at Woolley & Wallis on the 16th of November, which I outline below. I also preview a  collection of blue and white that is coming up at Veritas auction