Allen, Anthony John

Anthony John Allen (Tony to his friends), a retired investigative chartered accountant based in Auckland, New Zealand, now operates a full-time Internet-based business acquiring and selling Chinese art and antiques world-wide. He has been a collector and dealer in late Qing Chinese porcelain since 1983. His oriental antique importing business has provided the means to pursue a hobby in his primary interest: Guangxu mark (1875 to 1908) and period porcelain. This, in turn, provided the impetus to publish his first book, "Allen's Introduction to Later Chinese Porcelain" in 1996 - it was some nine...