Pick of the week: Bidders ponder riddle of the Sphinx statues

Elephant in the room: an exceptional clock

A rare 17th century elephant automaton clock was the

Henry Moore heads strong Mod Brit showing

Small bronzes form part of a group of sculptures underlining the market demand at regional salerooms

Gérôme comes to auction after Fake or Fortune? probe

A picture bought for around £4000 and eventually authenticated

Reset and refresh time as dealers discuss the future at the LAPADA Conference

Dealers returned to London last week for the LAPADA

‘Poohsticks’ bridge will return to Hundred Acre Wood after auction

The original ‘Poohsticks’ bridge from AA Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh

Bid Barometer

Online buying: realised prices at auctions on thesaleroom.com

British studio ceramics feature in US collection

The studio pottery collection of the late US dealer

Precious metals

On Friday, October 15, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton

News in Brief

A group of 12 art, antiques and antiquities associations

Eastern promise

The awards shortlist for Asian Art in London’s East Asian art season have been announced. The Antiques Trade Gazette Award for Outstanding East Asian Work of Art from an Auction House and the Apollo Award for Outstanding East Asian Work of Art from a Dealer each have three finalists. Winners will be announced on October 28.

Topped by a dog and ball

This Meiji period iron incense burner from Japan was

Geometric furnishing fabric

Chinese textiles specialist Jacqueline Simcox is selling

Technical masterpiece

This reticulated Longquan celadon pear-shaped vase

Take to the flaw

Jade ewers such as this one represent cu da ming, a

Rare example of vases dated to a particular year

This pair of 12in (30cm) high meiping-shaped vases

From print form to three dimensions

Most likely taken from black and white prints, these

Hare incense burner

The hare, one of the 12 Chinese zodiac animals, is

Good times in a boat

Created with handmade paper, gold leaf and ink, this

Sensitive carving

This bronze head of Buddha, formerly in a private Belgium

Human and horse combined

The Tang dynasty, considered a golden age of reform

Fresh faces

Roland Arkell previews some of the highlights from November UK sales of Chinese, Japanese and south-east Asian works of art

From the field marshal’s collection

This 3ft 7in x 24in (1.08m x 60cm) ink and colour on

In the swim of things

Duke’s sale in Dorchester on November 25 includes this

Owned by Augustus the Strong

The scene on this 19in (43cm) Yongzheng famille rose

The weighting game

This Ming period bronze weight in the form of a recumbent

Debut appearance

New to Asian Art in London this year is the Frome saleroom

Bohman became Bowman

Dawsons of Maidenhead holds an Asian sale on November

Provenance to Parry collection

The highlight of Bonhams’ Asian offering is the November

Not one but two sales in west London

Chiswick Auctions will hold two dedicated sales for

Family values

Sotheby’s Important Chinese Art sale on November 3

Bought in Hong Kong

This pair of small qingbai foliate dishes from the

Musical inspiration

The November 4 Japanese sale at Bonhams includes, estimated

Woodblock print sails in

This Katsushika Hokusai woodblock print from the series

Make a stand

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Trading places

This 17th century Japanese lacquer cabinet made for

Figure of wisdom

Matthew Barton’s European and Asian Works of Art sale

Cockatoo perch

This unusual Meiji period Satsuma vase decorated in

Japanese trio

Sotheby’s will hold three online sales of Japanese

Dublin highlights

The École des Beaux-Arts de l’Indochine was essentially

Olympian highlights

This piece of late Chinese imperial porcelain, right

Prosperity and longevity

This pair of yellow-ground famille rose ‘medallion’

East Asian Art: 28 OCTOBER - 6 NOVEMBER

Kensington Church Street late night opening, Saturday

From Mr Wong of Cat Street

Republican plaques bought at Hong Kong dealership take top price in Chinese art sale

Charles I makes a return

Of such high quality that they justifiy the description

Maori pendant boosted by fine notable provenance

A Maori hei-tiki pendant offered for sale at Mallams

Auction full of West Country wonders

Including seafaring, tin, copper, studio potteries

Dapper dummy

This ventriloquist’s dapper dummy, below, was one of

Records and recipes for success

High demand today for manuscripts revealing 17th century domestic arrangements

Pullman’s first haunt

Bid to £2400, a signed and inscribed copy of Philip

Group lot with a licence to thrill

Bid to a much higher than expected £4000 on August

Tolkien signature

It was when the book was in the process of being catalogued

Uncle Brook created real flights of fantasy for kids

Oddly titled by its creator as such, an extraordinary

British and Irish book auctions

Oct 19* Books, Gorringe’s - Lewes 01273 472503

Sex education: female artist focus

Bonhams becomes latest saleroom to hold auctions dedicated to works by women

How a studio sale can transform the market

It is certainly not unheard of for a studio sale to

Prints trigger Rego’s imagination

A Paula Rego (b.1935) print was among the works bringing

‘Exceptionally rare’ Tippett works at auction

Another studio sale bringing attention to an artist

Barns-Graham personal collection on offer

Among the highlights in terms of Mod Brit sales this

Whone works in demand, whether Glasgow or Yorkshire

A number of works by musician-artist Herbert Whone

Previews

A rare stoneware ‘Grotesque’ tobacco jar by the Martin

Bath: fair with a friendly vibe

Relaxed atmosphere of event held in the historic city wins praise from traders

The web shop window

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.

Vote of confidence for St James’s

A group of Asian dealers have committed to new spaces

5 Questions

With previous careers in retail and store design, husband-and-wife

Bronze stands out in Battersea

An impressive 19th century bronze of the god Mercury

Stonemasons struck gold in house discovery

Coin hoard dispersed in white-glove auction

Sherlock Holmes on the comeback trail

This handwritten page from the manuscript of Sir Arthur

Breguet highlight

On October 22 Skinner in Massachusetts is holding a

Cuffs that could not hold Houdini

On October 30 in Chicago Potter & Potter

Printz charming

An ensemble of furnishings by the French designer/decorator

Schwitters in the mix

A number of French auction houses will be holding sales

Wiseman joins Bonhams

Oliver Wiseman has joined Bonhams as a senior wine

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

Go vintage in Leeds

Organiser with home shows expands Pudsey offerings to fashion

PE teacher leaps to pop-up antiques shop

A former PE teacher who quit his job to sell antiques

Textiles take centre stage

Thirty-five handpicked textiles dealers from across

Organiser back in the running

Back in the saddle at Brighton Racecourse is Donny

Fair postponed

Joy O’Meara of Jay Fairs has announced that the antiques

Repairs: the nasty shock at the end of a lease

A lawyer writes: Tenants can be faced with a big bill if certain precautions are not taken

Obituary – Simon Owers (1965-2021)

There was a panic in the offices of Antique. John Gielgud