Antiques - Asian Art in Galleries and the Ukrainian Institute - NYTimes.com: "Pick a culture that thrived somewhere between Sri Lanka and Manchuria, and some dealer this week no doubt has artifacts for sale, starting at a few thousand dollars. (Participating galleries are listed at asiaweeknewyork.org, asianartdealersny.com and jada-ny.org.) Although the defunct Asian fair had the advantage of one-stop shopping, the gallery events give dealers room to go in depth, bringing out dozens of similar objects and reference books. They can also serve visitors tea in traditional handleless cups.“I prefer to meet people in the gallery and get to know what they’re looking for,” said Koichi Yanagi, a dealer at 17 East 71st Street, who is showing 17th-century Japanese screens painted with gold clouds, roses and bamboo groves."
