Among the stand-out textiles in Recent Acquisitions offered by Thomas Murray during Asia Week New York is this 18th century palampore (bedcover) decorated with mythical lions, large hamsa geese, purple and red elephants and Mughal-style flowers. Inspired in part by 17th century Dutch botanicals, no other examples illustrating this iconography are known today. Made from cotton for the Indonesian market, it measures 3ft 4in x 7ft 10in (1.02 x 2.39m) and is priced in the ‘mid $30,000s’. Murray’s exhibition will be available to view online and in New York by appointment.
They offer a broad range of Asian art from ancient to Contemporary, incorporating paintings, ceramics, works of art, textiles, jewellery, sculpture and more from China, India, south-east Asia, the Himalayas, Japan and Korea.
The group is a mix of resident dealers in their own premises and guest exhibitors taking gallery space for the event or holding exhibitions online.
Those travelling to the Big Apple include dealers based in England, India, Italy and Japan, as well as other parts of north America.
Among them, Japanese gallery Shibunkaku makes its AWNY debut with The Colours of the Post-war Japanese Abstract Arts, a collaborative show with New York dealer Joan B Mirviss at the East 78th Street gallery.
Pictured in this section is a taste of what will be on offer from six of the exhibitions being staged by participants this spring.
Note that admission at many of the galleries is by prior appointment - see the AWNY website below for more information.
