Asian Art

The second designated Islamic & Indian Art auction held by Lyon & Turnbull (26/25% buyer’s premium) in London included a group of market-fresh Indo-Portuguese mother-of-pearl vessels.

In the world of Chinese furniture there is a great deal of confusion regarding the terms to describe the wood used to craft these wonderful works of art.

Mee-Seen Loong is director of INKstudio and Ink Institute, and ex-vice chairman of Sotheby’s. INKStudio will be taking part in Asia Week New York (from March 13-21).

This 20in (51cm) pottery figure of a rhinoceros is dated to the Tang (618-907AD) period.

This pair of 5in (13cm) Qing bowls, each very finely decorated in iron red with dragons among cloud scrolls and stylised waves soared above their estimate of £200-400 to sell for £250,000 at Anderson & Garland on November 28.

Two rare artefacts from the ancient Cham people of Vietnam went way above the odds at Zacke (25% buyer’s premium) in Vienna in the auction of October 17-18.

Maryland auction offers a fascinating collection of Chinese porcelain intended for foreign markets

In storage for a century, a remarkable group of Chinese works of art has sold for £870,000 at a south London auction.

Among the attractions at Nagel’s auction of Asian art on December 9 in Stuttgart is a blue and white imperial vase from the Kangxi period (1662-1722).

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news of the inaugural sales series at Bonhams new Hong Kong premises

A painting by Indian Modernist Kovalezhi CS Paniker (1911-77) soared to over 40 times estimate at Roseberys.

While the estimate of $20-50 did not necessarily reflect it, the sale at Hayloft Auctions (28% buyer’s premium) in the Bronx, New York, on September 9 included an exceptional piece of Japanese porcelain.