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CLOTHING
HULU 10
Mon-Sat; Central, exit D1)
This pleasant shop sells Chinese-style tunics, jackets, dresses and fashionably loose
qipao
as
worn by educated women of the 1910s. Materials have a raw feel whether it's tie-dyed cot-
ton, patterned wool or mud-treated silk. Going uphill from the five-way intersection on
Wyndham St, the shop is on your right just before the public toilets.
ANTIQUES
WATTIS FINE ART
Mon-Sat; 26)
This upstairs gallery here has the best collection of antique maps for sale. The selection of
old photographs of Hong Kong and Macau is also impressive. Enter from Old Bailey St.
GALLERY
PEARL LAM GALLERIES
10am-7pm Mon-Sat; Central, exit H)
This elegant space showcases mainland Chinese, Hong Kong and Asian contemporary art -
mostly paintings and sculptures. The owner Pearl Lam has a good eye for talent. Lam has
been a fervent promoter of Chinese contemporary art and design since the 1990s. She also
has galleries in Shanghai and Singapore.
ANTIQUES
LAM GALLERY
11am-6pm Sat; 26, Central, exit D2)
Arguably the best shop in the area for sculptures, this is the largest of several owned by the
Lam family on Hollywood Rd. Sculpted pieces from the Neolithic period to the Qing dyn-
asty predominate. Other products include ceramics, bronze, paintings, gold and silverware.
Lam is known by collectors and auction dealers worldwide, and offers restoration services.
ANTIQUES
MY GALLERY
26, Central, exit D2)
My Gallery focuses on ceramics, paintings, jade and bronze from the Qing dynasty, the last
dynasty before the establishment of the Republic era. Porcelain and paintings from this peri-
