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MADAM – I read with great interest your round table report (ATG No 2358). You asked us to continue the debate, so I write to you to make some observations.

A standout portrait entry to Essex saleroom Sworders (23% buyer’s premium) was a 4ft 2in x 3ft 4in (1.26 x 1.01m) oil on canvas portrait attributed to Francis Cotes (1726-70).

Gracing the catalogue cover of Whyte’s Irish & International Art auction in Dublin on October 1 is this work by Séan Keating (1889-1977).

A large panel painting by the Flemish artist Frans Francken II (1581-1642) is to appear at Ivoire Troyes’ Auction in France on September 29.

From a Qing masterwork in a shoebox to a bronze from the Summer Palace – auction highlights from the past 12 months. Collated by Roland Arkell and Hannah Stokes.

The global market for Asian art congregates around seven main centres. Here we present each area's strengths and different times of year for buyers to visit to experience the best Asian art auctions and fairs.

More than 300 auctioneers outside China and Hong Kong conduct regular sales of Asian art – many of them in the market centres of France, the US, Germany and the UK. Here we present a selection of forthcoming events from around the world.

The Asian Art in London festival, again co-sponsored by Antiques Trade Gazette, celebrates its 21st edition on November 1-10.

A selection of previews from upcoming Asian art sales and events taking place in autumn 2018.

Asian Art in London (November 1-10, 2018) brings dealers and auctioneers to the capital from across the globe.