A Qing vase, one of the 556 Sassoon ivories accepted by the British Museum.
Image: British Museum
The government’s imminent ivory law change has forced an international collectors’ conference to pull out of London and move overseas.
The International Netsuke Society Convention, due to be held in the capital on May 2-6, 2019, has been cancelled because participants are reluctant to exhibit in London under a near-total ivory trade ban.