Print Edition

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

Depictions of north Africa and the Middle East became commonplace in Western art as the Orientalist art movement reached its height in the 19th century.

This pair of Indian gem-encrusted gold and champlevé enamel arm bracelets or bazubands are expected to bring £5000-7000 at Chiswick Auctions’ Islamic Art – Property of a European Collector sale in London on October 28.

A couple of ballet-related lots danced away for high prices over the summer.

Maps for Indian & Islamic Art: 20-29 October / East Asian Art: 27 October-5 November.

On Friday, October 7, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $1710.00 / €1341.80 / £1526.83

More images survive depicting Fath ‘Ali Shah (r.1797-1834) than of any other Qajar monarch, the result of an enormous effort to replicate images of the ruler for display throughout his realm.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a portrait of the first black Shakespearean actor to gain international fame selling in the US.

Titled 'De Watteau à Vuillard Une Collection Parisienne', paintings, works on paper, furniture and objects from a Parisian collection were the object of the first of two single-owner classic contents sales marking the start of the new auction season for the Old Master, furniture and objects departments at Artcurial (26/20/14.5% buyer’s premium).

Collection gathered in by a local farmer comes to auction in North Yorkshire

Christie’s sale titled Art of the Islamic & Indian Worlds on October 27 includes a magnificent flintlock jezail, c.1823-33.

Sotheby’s Arts of the Islamic World & India auction on October 26 includes 15 Indian paintings from the collection of Betsy Salinger.

An early 17th century gouache by the German artist Johann König (1586-1642) was a highlight of the Ivoire Troyes (24% buyer’s premium) auction.

Illustrated here is a complete deck of James Moxon’s ‘Geometrical’ cards, each bearing figures of scientific instruments and dating from the mid-1690s.

Sotheby’s conducts The Orientalist Sale on October 25.

Two classic country house ‘garden’ form 17th century examples show their mettle

Four auction records were set in the first 90 minutes of a recent four-day comics and comic art auction conducted by Heritage (20% buyer’s premium).

Gustave le Gray is well known today as a pioneering French photographer but not as a painter.

Showcase for Cotswolds dealers and guests takes place at arts and antiques exhibitions hub

This 19th century Ottoman silver thread and black silk curtain is embroidered with the tugra of Sultan Mahmud II (1808-39).