November 2-11
Jacqueline Simcox specialises in silk textiles from China and central Asia, but one highlight she will show during AAL is a Chinese perfumiere (below). Gilt with inlaid turquoise, the piece measures 3in (9cm) and has yellow cords. It is apparently unique – Simcox has been unable to find any other examples in her research – and it is possibly a tribute from Guangdong, a province known for sending finely worked art items to Beijing to the imperial court from c.1800. It is offered for £18,000.
Simcox also offers a rare group of brilliantly coloured late 19th century Chinese costumes as well as an assortment of earlier textiles. Though her gallery is based in Islington, she is staging her exhibition in Stoppenbach & Delestre’s space in St James’s.