Christie's London announces Asian Art Sales

PanARMENIAN.Net - Christie’s Asian Art sales in London this autumn will take place between 10 and 13 November, presenting a wide array of beautiful and rare works of exceptional quality and with important provenance, many offered to the market for the first time in decades, Art Daily reports.

The five auctions feature important works of art from a number of collections, including Chinese Archaic Bronzes from an Important Private European Collection, the Adrian Joseph Collection, the Late Francis Golding Collection, the collection of a Private European Family, property from a European lady of title, and a collection of snuff bottles from an important private Asian collector. Spanning centuries of Chinese and Japanese craftsmanship and creativity, Christie’s Asian Art week offers something to appeal to every collector.

The five sales are: Status and Ritual: Chinese Archaic Bronzes from an Important Private European Collection and Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, both on 10 November at King Street; The Joseph Collection of Japanese Art and Aesthetic Intuition: Collecting Japanese Art in Postwar London both on 11 November at King Street; and at South Kensington: Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Textiles on 11 and 13 November. The public viewings all open at Christie’s King Street on Friday 6 November, and at Christie’s South Kensington on Saturday 7 November. Additionally, Christie’s will hold an online-only sale of Precious Cargo: Chinese Export Porcelain and Works of Art , which be on view at South Kensington from 7 to 10 November and opens for bidding from 3 to 17 November.