GUEST & GRAY

Unique catalogue of over one thousand pieces over two hundred years old of Chinese ceramics & Japanese porcelain, European porcelain & works of art. Occasionally the catalogue also contains drawings, paintings and furniture.

This includes information on conditions of business and on how to find what you are looking for quickly. Searches can be made by entering keywords and/or price range. There are usually items in stock from a few pounds to many thousands of pounds. This wide price range applies not only to Chinese Porcelain, & Japanese Porcelain but also to a wide range of European Ceramics including Italian maiolica, French faience, English pottery, Meissen and many other antique wares.

Articles and Bibliographies by authors such as Margaret Medley, one time curator of the famous Percival David Foundation which contains one of the finest collections of early Chinese Porcelain in the world, Cyril Beecher, independent researcher and member of the Oriental Ceramics Society of London and Irene Finch, a collector of mid-18th to mid-19th century Japanese Porcelain.

Guest & Gray have been trading in Oriental porcelain and other early ceramics for many years, in the course of which they have acquired hundreds of long-standing customers, including many serious collectors and museums both here in Europe, the United States as well as the rest of the world.

Their emphasis has been on Oriental porcelain and European pottery. Oriental porcelain because of its superb designs and quality, and European pottery for its warmth, charm and often excellent decoration.

In all good ceramics there is a symbiosis of form, colour and decoration. And that is what Guest and Gray have always looked for.

Anthony Gray has specialized in antique ceramics for over thirty years and he has devoted most of his time to Oriental ceramics. In recent years he taken a great interest in European pottery, which now forms a large part of their stock. He is recognized world wide as having a good knowledge of his subject.

Louise Guest was previously running the antiquarian book department of a major London auction house. She has had an interest in Oriental art and Chinese porcelain for over twenty years. And many of our collectors value her very good taste in antique ceramics.

We feel that our combined experience and expertise makes us an invaluable contact for collectors of antique ceramics and fellow members of the trade.

Antique Chinese Porcelain, Japanese Porcelain, European Ceramics & Including Meissen, Delft, Italian Maiolica, Works of Art
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