Asian Art

Wooden examples of the art of netsuke are now the focus of collectors following ivory restrictions.

A London exhibition highlights the intricate art form that uses Japanese bamboo.

This near pair of Qianlong mark and period doucai jars were a charity shop find for a keen-eyed London vendor.

The highlight of Dreweatts’ Asian art sale on May 17-18 was this very rare Xuande (1426-35) mark and period cloisonné ‘pomegranate’ box and cover.

The standout signature to an autograph album compiled by a boy scout in 1919 was that of Lawrence of Arabia.

This Qing dynasty imperial court robe embroidered with roundels of five clawed dragons on a dark blue ground will feature at Sarasota Estate Auction.

I am very sorry to report the death of Chinese and Japanese ceramics dealer and expert Richard Barker at the age of 72.

Fair in Petworth benefits from its setting near to a famous National Trust’s property and an 'antiques destination' town

Allard van Halm runs van Halm & van Halm, specialising in 17th and 18th Chinese and Japanese export porcelain from his base in Portobello Road. He will be exhibiting at The Decorative Fair in Battersea from May 9-14.

Alberto Santos is among the exhibitors at the Petworth Park Antiques & Fine Art Fair (May 19-21).

Once the centre of the Asian art trade, and still the repository for some of the most knowledgeable dealers on the subject, the London market has weakened in recent years.

The Asian art sale at Halls in Shrewsbury on May 11 features this 10½in (27cm) pink ground famille rose vase.

The sale of Asian art at Lyon & Turnbull in London on May 16 includes this late Edo or Meiji period boxwood netsuke of a recumbent deer signed Masakiyo.

This rare 2ft 7in (78cm) high white marble stele depicting the Buddhist goddess Guanyin predates was carved in the Northern Qi dynasty, (550-577AD), around the time of the Sutton Hoo hoard.

This special edition of A Japanese Collection (1898) by Michael Tomkinson (1841-1921) is one of the first 25 copies printed on Indian paper and is signed and dedicated by the author to his daughter Dora.

This pair of wucai floral wine cups have Guangxu marks and are of the period (1875-1908).

This 14in (36cm) Qianlong mark and period Canton vase of square baluster form is painted with four oval cartouches with European rural landscape views.