Welcome to Ben Janssens & Paul Ruitenbeek Oriental Art

The end of an era.

After almost 45 years in London and 30 years of running Ben Janssens Oriental Art Limited, Ben Janssens is retiring from the business and returning to his native Holland.

Paul Ruitenbeek, who has a gallery in Amsterdam, is taking over part of the business and will be participating in TEFAF 2025. Further details can be found on his website, Paul Ruitenbeek Chinese Art.

Ben Janssens is holding two online sales at Bonhams of his remaining stock and of his private collection. The first is at Bonhams Bond Street and the second is at Bonhams Knightsbridge. Peter Combs has produced a YouTube video on the sale at Bonhams Bond Street. You can view that video here.

The premises in London will be closed, but Ben Janssens intends to stay active in the field of Asian art as a consultant.

You can contact Ben for any enquiries on ben@benjanssens.com or on his mobile telephone +44 7770 476 122.

With best regards,

Ben Janssens

For more information about the two auctions go to Events & Exhibitions

Antique Chinese and Japanese works of art.

Ben Janssens Oriental Art’s main specialisation is Chinese Art, which falls into two broad categories. The first category consists of early pottery, bronzes and sculpture, ranging in date from the Neolithic period (circa 3000 BC) to the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). It includes Han and Tang dynasty pottery tomb sculpture, Shang and Zhou period bronze ritual vessels, archaic jade, Buddhist sculpture, and porcelain and stoneware from the Song period.

The second category of Chinese art in which we specialise concerns later works of art in a variety of materials, including porcelain, metal, jade, lacquer, enamel and glass. The majority of these objects date from the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Ben Janssens Oriental Art also deals in Japanese works of art. We stock mainly art pieces made for the Japanese domestic market, including sculpture, lacquer, metal and porcelain.