Established in 1965, Martyn Gregory is the world's leading authority on the art of the 'China Trade' and pictures relating to China, India and South East Asia by both travelling Western and Eastern artists.

These paintings, which cover the period from 1700 to 1950, include works by early Western artists who travelled to the East, as well as by Eastern artists who worked in the ‘Western manner’ to cater for the tastes of Westerners in the Orient. They include landscapes of historic sites, especially ports and the trading concessions granted to the Western trading powers by the Chinese authorities. They also include decorative pieces which were created for the export market. ​