Priestley & Ferraro and Bonhams are the winners of this year’s Asian Art in London Art Awards, sponsored by Apollo and the Antiques Trade Gazette. The awards were presented at Asian Art in London’s 20th Anniversary Champagne Reception, held in the new Joseph E. Hotung Gallery at the British Museum.

The prizes were judged by a committee including curators from the Ashmolean and the Fitzwilliam Museum, and arts journalists from Apollo and the ATG.

Read Matthew Wilcox’s preview of Asian Art in London here.

The Winners

Best Artwork with an Art Dealer

Priestley & Ferraro
Imperial dragon and lotus decorated bowl stand
China, Yongle period (1403–24)

Imperial dragon and lotus decorated bowl stand, China, Yongle period (1403–24).

Best Artwork with an Auction House

Bonhams
Lacquered wood panel with bell crickets, grasses and full moon (1877)
Shibata Zeshin (1807–91)

Lacquered wood panel (1877), Shibata Zeshin. Bonhams

Find out more about this artwork here.

Commendment Award

Chiswick auctions
Handscroll painting by Xu Naigu (1785–1835), Dai Jitao (1891–1949), Gai Qi (1773–1828) and many others, 1821 onwards

Handscroll painting by Xu Naigu (1785–1835), Dai Jitao (1891–1949), Gai Qi (1773–1282) and many others (1821 onwards).

Find out more about this artwork here.