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Asia Galleries
1534 Grant Avenue | San Francisco, CA 94133
tel 415.392.9127 | cell 415.572.1577
hours: wed - mon 11am-6pm, closed tue
From opulent carved canopy beds to decadent opium pipes to 16th century bronze Buddhas you can hold in your hand, Asia Galleries offers an ever-changing, always fascinating array of Asian antiques. Side-by-side in North Beach, this warehouse–which stocks a selection of thousands of vintage kimonos, among other things–and store have been selling treasures to museums, the trade and the public for more than 20 years. To stock his stores in Kyoto, San Francisco, and frequently updated website–www.asiagalleries.com, owner Rhett Mundy heads abroad on buying excursions several times a year. Recent finds have included a set of 600-pound stone Ming Dynasty Guardian heads, 3 full sets of Samurai armor from Edo Period Japan, and an 11-foot standing 300-year-old Shan Buddha from Burma. It's easy to see why The Boston Globe calls Asia Galleries an "Asia Wonderland" and the Christian Science Monitor says "Welcome to the world of Asian antique collecting."
www.asiagalleries.com
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