Asian Arts

Freeman's has been selling fine art and antiques from throughout Asia for more than 100 years. In 2006, we finally established a separate department for fine and decorative Asian arts. Over the past five years, the department has established a strong presence in the field, attracting a following among American collectors and those from Asia and Europe. 

Freeman's Asian department conducts two sales a year in March, and September, offering a wide variety of objects that include property from the Asian subcontinent, the Middle East, Oceania, and Africa. Our internationally trained specialists have expertise in ceramics, ivory, bronze, jade, and particularly Chinese furniture and scholars’ objects.

China’s ever-increasing prosperity and the ability of Freeman's to source high-quality private material have resulted in record prices at our recent auctions. Notable successes include the sale of the William Lipton Collection: Chinese Objects in Literati Taste and two subsequent Asian Arts sales featuring estate and private material from consignors worldwide. Two recent prices realized for items sold in our March 2008 sale were $121,000 for a Chinese hongmu altar table and $90,000 for a fine Chinese huanghuali painting table.