Asian Art Dealer Based in Southern California.
Himalayan Specialties is now based in Vancouver, Washington. We are dealers in Asian Antiques, Asian Art and other finery of Southeast Asia, primarily from Tibet and the Himalayas.
The owner, of Himalayan Specialties has been a dealer in Asian Art for nearly 40 years. In 1980 the owner managed the Mandala gallery of Indian and Southeast Asian Art in Kathmandu, Nepal and specializes in art of Tibet, India and China.
Located in Southern California since 1984 and now in Vancouver, Washington, she has been a broker to other dealers and museums. She has sold works of art for and to top dealers In New York, Spinks and sons (London), The Los Angeles County Museum, The Chicago Art Institute, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) and the Asian Art Museum (San Francisco).
She has also sold numerous pieces to numerous movie stars. More recently, she has been asked by decorators to assist them in designing and decorating entire rooms and special areas in an Asian motif. With the growing popularity of Asian art and design, she is now focusing on decorative arts and antiques from Southeast Asia.
The owner is an expert in contemporary hand made Buddhist Alters and other Tibetan furniture which are made in Lhasa, Tibet and imported solely by her into the US.