15 Best Shopping in Hong Kong, China

If only your entire home could be outfitted by Altfield. Established in 1980, the elegant gallery carries exquisite antique Chinese furniture, Asia-related maps and topographical prints, Southeast Asian sculpture, and decorative arts from around Asia, including silver and rugs. Altfield Interiors, on nearby Queen's Road, features a selection of larger furniture pieces, framed art, and contemporary home accessories.

Ask for Bonnie Groot, who will enthusiastically and knowledgeably guide you through the three floors of fine ceramics, furniture, ancestor portraits, and more. Across the road, the Groots have opened the Arch Angel Art Gallery, which specializes in contemporary Vietnamese and Southeast Asian art.

Highly respected dealers Lucille and Glenn Vessa (one of the few accredited appraisers here) were the first to set up shop on Hollywood Road nearly half a century ago. The gallery has managed to keep its original location, with a front-row seat to the neighborhood's transformation into the art hub it is today. Currently helmed by John and Laurie Fairman, who started their own Honeychurch 40 years ago in Seattle, the shop still provides fine Chinese, Japanese, and Southeast Asian antique silver, porcelain, and unaltered furniture with four additional floors of show space next door.

With thick carpets, club chairs, and wooden shelves bearing an impressive array of tomes, Lok Man Rare Books calls to mind an old private study. Whether you’re looking for volumes from the 16th century, pre-1900 classics (like a complete set of Dickens), or recent first and second editions, you just might find it here. The collection runs the gamut from children's favorites to books on wine, food, history, and sport.

Open to walk-ins seven days a week, this warehouse in the Wong Chuk Hang industrial district features 20th-century decorative arts, European antiques, and Scandinavian furniture, all proffered by the delightful Susan Man. For those who'd prefer to stick closer to the center of town, there's also a showroom in Wan Chai.

Some of the items at Nlostnfound could use a bath, but the clutter has a lot of character. Take the time to browse through the jumble of old-world trinkets—1940s clocks, Shanghai lamps, 20s-era luggage trunks, antique furniture, colorful wind-up walking toys, typewriters, and postcards—and you'll likely unearth something worth salvaging.

This beautiful showroom displays Chinese antique furniture, scholar's items, terracotta, bronze, and archaeological stone works. Owner Oi Ling Chiang gives frequent talks.

Irish expat Olive Forrest has cleverly retained original elements of the former print shop that houses her bright-red store. With a unique sense of style, she brings together Chinese and Tibetan antiques, modern lighting designed in-house, home accessories, high-quality bed linens for children and adults, and a line of colorful contemporary furniture.

It's a one-of-a-kind source for vintage posters (mainly with travel and movie themes), early photography of Hong Kong and elsewhere in China, antique maps, prints and engravings, antiquarian books, and limited-edition reproductions or works by artists such as Dong Kingman. You might imagine a dusty library, but Christopher Bailey's welcoming gallery is spacious, bright, and organized. In recent years, Bailey's offerings have shifted toward contemporary photography featuring exhibitions from the likes of William Furniss, Anton Lyalin, and National Geographic's Matthieu Paley. He has a second shop in the Prince's Building on Chater Road.

A longtime figure on the art scene, Sandra Walters represents a stable of Asian and international artists encompassing a variety of periods and styles. Make an appointment with her or one of her team to advise you on small to significant investments.

Unusual old and new objects from around the globe are sold at the Tào Gallery. Look for black-and-white photography and contemporary or rustic art, as well as furniture that conveys an eclectic Asian spirit. Find them near the steps below Man Mo Temple, just off of Hollywood Road.

Teresa Coleman specializes in finely woven and embroidered costumes and textiles from the imperial courts of the Qing and Ming dynasties (circa 1368–1912). The centrally located gallery also displays a wide collection of Tibetan rugs, Himalayan Buddhist art, antique painted and carved fans, lacquered boxes, prints, and paintings. There's a small ground-floor gallery that's open for walk-ins, as well as a spacious gallery on the upper floor that's by appointment only.

At this extension of Teresa Coleman Fine Arts you'll find antique Tibetan thangkas (Buddhist paintings), as well as bronzes, textiles, and exquisite rugs on display. Manager Josephine Chan is also a restoration expert.

Run by affable expert Jonathan Wattis and his wife Vicky since 1988, Wattis Fine Art specializes in antique maps and prints and photographs of Hong Kong, China, and Southeast Asia.

One of Hollywood Road's oldest shops is at the Cat Street end, next to Man Mo Temple. Its vast and varied stock includes porcelain, stone carvings, and ceramics.