Alice Boney

[2] In the 1920s, Boney and her husband opened the Jan Kleykamp Gallery in New York City, which specialized in Chinese art and antiquities.

[3] She lived in Japan from 1958 to 1974, collecting works from throughout Asia (including India and Nepal)[4] to sell in New York City during her annual visits.

[11][12] Art dealer Robert H. Ellsworth was one of her protegees; he worked for her in New York City as a teenager.

[16] The executor and chief beneficiary of her three-million-dollar estate, John Fong, was convicted of tampering with public records regarding an insurance claim shortly after her death, and there were public accusations that he isolated Boney in her last years.

[2] Fong continued collecting and displaying Chinese art, based in part on his connection with Boney.

A red conical hat with a large peacock feather, on a stand
A Chinese court hat, from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; donated by Alice Boney in 1962
A colorful silk robe with long striped sleeves and a pleated skirt section, hanging with sleeves straight out on either side
A Chinese Imperial Theatre robe, from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; donated by Alice Boney in 1986.