Hong Ming Gallery

Hon Ming Gallery was founded in 1985, specialising in Chinese classical furniture dealing, restoration, advisory and collection management.

​Based on a rich experience of furniture restoration, inherited from the founder’s father already working in this field since 1940, the gallery offers a deep understanding of Chinese traditional woodwork, precious materials, and techniques. This invaluable knowledge has led Hon Ming to collect some of the rarest and most refined furniture pieces in the world.

Aside the primary focus on Chinese furniture, scholar objects is also a category that the gallery specialises in. Implements such as brush pots, screens or various calligraphy tools are displayed alongside Chinese furniture, representing the physical embodiment of the scholar’s intellectual curiosity and rare aesthetic taste.

Passing down to the third generation, the gallery’s vision is ‘Admire the Present, Revere the Past’, dedicated to promoting Chinese traditional craftsmanship and cultivate a lifestyle of art and culture appreciation, by bringing classical and contemporary art together in a thoughtfully curated setting.

In addition to bringing together antique and contemporary art under one roof, Hon Ming is also keen in promoting a crossover between Western and Chinese culture. Whilst scholar objects represented luxury in the East, silver sets and vanity cases were one of the many representations of the West. A collection of Western decorative arts is juxtaposed against Chinese scholar objects in the gallery space, creating a wonderful connection between the two worlds.

Formerly known as Hon Ming Antique Furniture, the gallery has been working closely with museums, institutions and private collectors over the decades, and has been actively promoting Chinese art and culture through various means such as talks, exhibitions, handling sessions.