Asian Art

Father and son collection stars as centrepiece of 150-lot inaugural Islamic and Indian art offering

Two days needed to disperse items collected over generations thanks to biscuit production success

Estimated at $15,000-20,000 but hammering for $135,000 (£107,000), the highlight of the Asian works of art sale at Tenmoku (28/25/20% buyer’s premium) was a Chinese white-glazed incised dragon vase.

Concept Art Gallery (22% buyer’s premium) in Pittsburgh enjoyed a sensational result at a recent sale.

Event that filled the void left by Art & Antiques for Everyone is back at Birmingham NEC after its debut last year

This large 12in (30cm) hexagonal painted fritware tile from 16th century Damascus is decorated with one of the most recognisable Ottoman decorative motifs - the çintamani pattern.

London has a new boutique auction house with the launch this month of Azca Auctions in Hammersmith, west London.

A Qing vase later converted to a lamp sailed beyond expectations at an Andrew Jones Collections & Estates sale.

A Chinese export oil showing a Qing emperor at court led a single-owner dispersal at Tremont Auctions (27% buyer’s premium) in Sudbury, Massachusetts, on May 5.

Roseberys and Dreweatts both posted two six-figure prices during the spring round of UK regional Asian art sales.

Annual specialist extravaganza held in Paris involves galleries, auction houses and museums

A classic of the large blue and white forms of Yuan dynasty porcelain comes to auction in Spain

While the market-defining sales of Asian works of art are now held in New York and Hong Kong, the UK still holds its own.

The stand-out performance in the March series of Asian art sales was a Qing monochrome clair-de-lune bottle vase offered by Freeman’s Hindman (26% buyer’s premium) in Chicago on March 24.

'Okashi', the Japanese term for anything strange, unusual or deliberately humorous, defines the array of pieces on display at Michael Hoppen’s first exhibition held in its new premises in Holland Park, west London.