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Lyons Ltd. Commended by Asian Art Magazine "Orientations"
February 21, 2006
San Francisco Arts of Pacific Asia Show
Organized by Caskey & Lees, the show will run until 5 February and features 75 dealers specializing in ancient and contemporary art from throughout Asia. Xanadu Gallery's display is a juxtaposition of Japanese netsuke, Chinese snuff bottles and ceramics with Southeast Asian and Himalayan sculpture and bronzes. A Khmer stone sculpture of Avalokiteshvara, dating to the late 10th century and published by Spink's in 1997, and a 12th century bronze image of the Buddha of Healing seated on the coils of the serpent Mucilinda are among the highlights.
Lyons Ltd. Antique Prints is unrivalled at the fair with their extensive collection of Japanese and Chinese woodblock prints, views from the first Batavian expedition in China and Thomas Allom engravings. Scriptum's selection will include works by the artists they represent including Kaoru Saito, Sadao Watanabe, Tanaka Ryohei, Ando Shinjl and Iwao Akiyama. Laurence Paul will be exhibiting for the first time in America following the success of her recent show of rarely seen Chinese wood stands in London. Paragon Books have many important new releases and also some rare editions from recently acquired libraries belonging to Charles R. Greenfield, Clarence Shangraw, John Findley and Dr. Galeno.
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