5 Questions

Zoffany stages an unexpected return

A little-known theatrical portrait painted by Johan

Book dealer Reese bought in UK/US deal

Two leading book dealers have come together to jointly

Hefty Hans Coper piece sets fresh auction record

Premium-inclusive price in London just pips previous high

Don’t forget the mushy peas: dealer’s Japanese armour takeaway earns a slap-up celebration

David Thatcher’s display of Japanese armour at Asian

Chinese vase with Qianlong mark judged at £6.2m quality by bidder

A Chinese blue and white vase with a Qianlong mark

Brush up on French sculpture

This bronze sculpture depicting a woman painting with

Bid Barometer

Online buying: realised prices at auctions on thesaleroom.com

Record sign escaped fate as a septic tank lid

Enthusiasts who feel British enamel advertising signs

Honey seller from as early as 1620 marks a sweet success

Depictions of north Africa and the Middle East became

Precious metals

On Friday, October 7, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton

News in brief

The Clements Library at the University of Michigan

Autumn delights in busy season for Asian art

Asian Art in London celebrates its twenty-fifth edition

Taken back to Indian basics

The Bombay School of Art (or Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy School

Folio from Persian ‘Book of Kings’

The Shahnameh – or ‘Book of Kings’ – made for Shah

Heads up for unusual hilt

Showing at Shapero Rare Books, Indian arms and armour

Story of a tragic romance

A finely illustrated manuscript copy of the tragic

Got it on tape

Joost van den Bergh stages an exhibition on the recent

A life less ordinary

Rowland George Allanson Allanson-Winn, 5th Baron Headley

Celestial inspiration

This pair of Indian gem-encrusted gold and champlevé

Much portrayed monarch

More images survive depicting Fath ‘Ali Shah (r.1797-1834)

Pilgrimage makes its way to auction

Sotheby’s Arts of the Islamic World & India

Fabulous flintlock firearm

Christie’s sale titled Art of the Islamic &

Girardet makes his move

Sotheby’s conducts The Orientalist Sale on October

Curtain covered shrine of the prophet

This 19th century Ottoman silver thread and black silk

Eastern promise

The awards shortlist for Asian Art in London’s Indian & Islamic section has been announced. The Antiques Trade Gazette Award for An Outstanding Indian & Islamic Work of Art from an Auction House and the Apollo Award for An Outstanding Indian & Islamic Work of Art from a Dealer each have three finalists. Winners will be announced on October 20

Indian & Islamic Art: 20 -29 OCTOBER East Asian Art: 27 OCTOBER-5 NOVEMBER

Please check the Asian Art in London website for the

All cisterns go in Gloucestershire

Two classic country house ‘garden’ form 17th century examples show their mettle

The furniture price adjustments that show a positive trend

While traditional antique furniture prices are still

Classic Rie footed bowl at £33,000

The July 26 Design and Modern sale at Chiswick Auctions

Focus on Chinese five-figure buys from the regions

Although catalogued as Kangxi period, an ovoid blue

Sports medals: FA Cup hero and a show-jumping legend

The game between Arsenal v Manchester United in 1979

Pryse guide: artist’s estate bonanza

Largest group of artist’s works to be offered was consigned to Essex auction house by daughter

Benois steps up in the saleroom

A couple of ballet-related lots danced away for high

Fine crop of agricultural works

Glaisdale library gathered in by a local farmer comes to auction in North Yorkshire

Moxon Junior shaped up to be a talented son of Joseph

Illustrated here is a complete deck of James Moxon’s

Happy news for salerooms: not the end of Spider-Man

Four auction records were set in the first 90 minutes

Previews

At the sale of Silver and Objects of Vertu at Chiswick

Compton Verney CADA delights

Showcase for Cotswolds dealers and guests takes place at arts and antiques exhibitions hub

Show underlines role that Slade played

A portrait in profile of Winifred Knights (1899-1947)

Look for lasting value

Sue Ede of Cooper Events, organisers of The Pavilions

Firsts finds its feet at the Saatchi Gallery

A first edition of Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

Season starter at Paris saleroom

Single-owner selection is first of two heralding a series of auctions coming up at Artcurial

König goes big on the small-scale detail

An early 17th century gouache by the German artist

Le Gray was also a painter

Gustave le Gray is well known today as a pioneering

From a Kansas City collector

A single-owner collection of 42 gold boxes and objects

Dinosaur on the road to the rostrum

On October 20 Giquello et Associés is selling this

Wisteria wonder

This Japanese Meiji-era cloisonné vase decorated with

The original and authoritative sales listing

This is a calendar of art, antiques and general auctions

Artist’s Resale Right

Advertisements in Antiques Trade Gazette may mention

Two favourites in the running

Brighton racecourse venue offers separate events both taking place over a single weekend

Antiques on High goes fourth with latest centre in Taunton

As an indication of how antiques centres continue to

Bazaar full to the brim

‘Overflowing’ is how you might describe The Vintage

Auction refunds: I’m confused about who is or isn’t responsible

I’m writing in the hope that readers might give me

Obituary

David ‘John’ Lines (1940-2022)