December is traditionally a month when Paris focuses attention on sales of Asian art, with auctions in the rooms across the city and at the Drouot centre.
Among them is the dedicated sale being held by Tessier Sarrou & Associés on December 18 at Drouot. Highlights here include a pair of impressive late Qing dynasty elephants made of plaques of ivory on a wood core inset with semi-precious stones guided at €150,000-200,000, and this richly decorated three-fold screen dated to the 18th century which is guided at €60,000-80,000.