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News and previews of art and antiques sold at auctions throughout the UK and overseas, from multi-million-pound blockbusters to affordable collectables.
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The beast of the Tang
23 October 2023Despite the proliferation of pottery horse sculptures from the Tang period, they were (by imperial edict) reserved for the aristocratic class.
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Elephants at the Qing court
23 October 2023Bonhams’ general Asian art sale in Knightsbridge on October 30 includes this late 18th century hardstone, mother-of-pearl and lacquer table screen.
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‘Dragon’ bowls from the China trade
23 October 2023This pair of yellow ground and green enamelled ‘dragon’ bowls have Qianlong six-character marks and are of the period.
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Charlie Watts sale drums up top bids for super first editions
23 October 2023Agatha Christie and Evelyn Waugh records beaten as collection of a Rolling Stone comes to auction
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Not such a warm response to Frieze week auctions compared to last year
23 October 2023The latest Frieze week auctions in London generated a markedly lower total than the equivalent series last year.
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Shou Loa with provenance
23 October 2023The November 6-7 Asian Art sale at Chiswick Auctions includes this Song dynasty ding ware pottery figure of Shou Loa, god of longevity.
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Southern barbarians march into a Nanban work
23 October 2023Nanban, meaning ‘southern barbarians’, was the Japanese term for Europeans.
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A Transitional moment in a collector’s life
23 October 2023This autumn, as he refines his collecting impulses, Anthony Lovett is selling pieces from his collection of Kangxi porcelain
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Vase bought in Shanghai 1933
23 October 2023This Jin dynasty Cizhou-type double gourd vase comes for sale at Mallams in Cheltenham on November 8 with an estimate of £2000-3000.
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Louis Wain fans get claws into his ceramic cats
23 October 2023Futurist and Cubist feline design figures higly in an extensive single-owner collection of ceramics
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Specialists had gone on a Frank Algernon Stewart hunt
23 October 2023Two watercolours by Frank Algernon Stewart (1877-1945) were among the best performers in a collection of works amassed by two former gallery owners.
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Pen and wash works marked for Hans Bols make waves
23 October 2023Old Master drawings inscribed for Flemish artist Hans Bols blow away the estimates in Chartres
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Lawrence jades lead five-star Salisbury series
23 October 2023Woolley & Wallis will offer five catalogues this November – including two named single-owner sales.
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Another high Helen Allingham price in Worcestershire
23 October 2023Following the record £64,000 for a Helen Allingham (1848-1926) watercolour at Philip Serrell (20% buyer’s premium) back in July, another group of works by the artist was offered at the Malvern saleroom.
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Bid Barometer: issue 2615
23 October 2023ATG’s pick of auction lots bought by internet bidders on thesaleroom.com, featuring both the highest prices over-estimate and the top prices paid online.
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Pair of chairs record toppled twice in same Rothschild sale
23 October 2023The auction record for a pair of chairs was broken twice as part of Christie’s Rothschild family auction series in New York.
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Wassail bowl hailed at a healthy five figures
23 October 2023Wassailing ceremonies on important feast days were a legacy of Anglo-Saxon culture.
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Bauer’s Balinese scene serves to please
23 October 2023Dutch artist used a technique that was much admired in his homeland as well as Britain
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Sanggam from the Goryeo
23 October 2023This Korean slip-inlaid (sanggam) celadon-glazed cup stand dates from the 13th century and the height of the Goryeo dynasty (918-1392).
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