Our first catalogue was published for the Asian art week of 2001 and contained a number of Chinese works of art made for the Muslim elite within China itself. The November 2010 exhibition included several more of these rare pieces, among which were porcelain and bronzes.
The November 2009 exhibition, 'The Property of Mr Philip Cardeiro', presented this distinguished gentleman's collection, built up over a period of forty years, for sale in its entirety. The collection represented a rare and special opportunity to compare a variety of pieces no longer commonly found on the open market.
The November 2008 exhibition of Works of Art was assembled, primarily, from two types of material; Iranian and Arab metalwork-influenced Chinese porcelain, and jade carvings from the Song to eighteenth century.
The November 2007 exhibitions comprised two catalogues; Works of Art and Ming Ceramics.
In March 2007 we exhibited jointly with Malcolm Fairley and Cedric Curien at the Alexander Galleries in New York. Our catalogue encompassed around sixty jades rom the Zhou Period (c.1100-256 BC) to the late Qing Dynasty (early 20th Century).
In February 2007 we attended the San Francisco Pacific Arts of Asia fair.
The November 2006 exhibitions comprised two catalogues; Works of Art and Ming Ceramics.
The November 2005 exhibitions consisted of a jade catalogue which included a collection assimilated both by a discerning single owner, and a Works of Art catalogue reflecting the entire range of history and genre which pass through our care.
The November 2004 exhibition, the fourth in the company's history, covered a broad area in terms of time and material, selected from the same eclectic mixture of sources around the world.
The November 2003 catalogue was our third since the inception of Knapton Rasti Asian Art in the year 2000. In it we concentrated on jade, a material that both of us have always been drawn to, and a stone that seems to find us.