Asian Art

The top-seller of the small Chinese offering from Exbury House was this colourful, elaborate 18th century cloisonné cong.

Asian Art in London announced the winners of its latest awards at a gala party held in the Victoria and Albert Museum last week.

The cylindrical brush pot or bitong appears to have been introduced into the repertoire of Chinese ceramic forms in the late 1620s.

A Chinese jardiniere once used as a fish bowl by Horace Walpole (1717-97) is to return to his Strawberry Hill home.

Asian Art in London announced the winners of the first group of its awards last week.

Nineteenth-century Grand Tourists and souvenirs from the Orient made for a highly successful outing near Bristol where micro-mosaic panels, intaglios and Chinese vessels led the way at Clevedon Saleooms (22% buyer’s premium).

One boasted an illustrious ‘Fonthill heirloom’ provenance, the other a Hotung collection background

The auctioneers at Hargesheimer (28% buyer’s premium) in Dusseldorf were not expecting the broad international interest eventually generated by an 18in (45cm) high Chinese porcelain vase.

A selection of Japanese art on offer at upcoming sales in London and the regions

Maxime Mauchamp of Tsukimi Gallery in Paris which offers Japanese works of art from the 20th century to contemporary, including ceramics, metalworks and cloisonné enamel pieces

Asian Art in London (AAL), the initiative that ties together auction houses and dealers in a common aim of promoting the UK as a market centre for Asian works of art, celebrates its 25th edition in 2022.

The awards shortlist for Asian Art in London’s East Asian art season has been announced. The Antiques Trade Gazette Award for Outstanding East Asian Work of Art from an Auction House and the Apollo Award for Outstanding East Asian Work of Art from a Dealer each have three finalists.

A selection of East Asian art on offer at upcoming sales in London and the regions

David Thatcher’s display of Japanese armour at Asian Art in London will be much depleted – but for positive reasons.

Anastasia von Seibold Japanese Art is one of the emerging dealers in this year’s Asian Art in London. She stages Japanese Prints and Rare Books from a Distinguished Private Collection and Other Works of Art, from October 26-November 6 at Cromwell Place.

Rowland George Allanson Allanson-Winn, 5th Baron Headley (1855-1935) led an extraordinary life.