How we started
The gallery began as a single shelf in a friend's New York shop — a small group of Yixing teapots brought back from a year spent in Jiangsu. They sold quickly, but more importantly: people wanted to know who made them.
That question became our brief. Every piece in the gallery is sourced from a working artisan we have met, in a studio we have visited. We can — and gladly do — tell you who made it, where, and how.
How we work
We don't run a catalogue. New pieces arrive in small lots — a handful from each artisan, every few months — and we photograph and list each one individually. If something is "out of stock," it usually means we haven't been to see the maker recently.
For our regular collectors and for trade clients, we keep a private list of pieces that haven't reached the public catalogue yet. If you'd like to be on it, write to us.
What we promise
Every piece is made by a person, by hand. No production lines, no slip-cast porcelain, no machine embroidery. If we can't trace the maker, we don't list it.
The age, technique, and origin we describe is the age, technique, and origin we have verified. Where there is doubt, we write "attributed" — and explain why.
Artisans are paid up front, at a price they set. The mark-up funds shipping, photography, and a small studio team. We are not a marketplace.
We answer every message ourselves — usually within 24 hours.
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