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Asian Art in London , a 10-day festival opening Thursday, will offer collectors a treasure trove from thousands of years of Asian culture, including ceramics, paintings, sculptures, jade, jewelry, textiles, metalwork and furniture originating from China, Japan, Korea, India, the Himalayas, Southeast Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East,” writes the Wall Street Journal.
“The sheer quantity of the galleries with special shows makes it the time to be in London,” says Jessica Curtis, the event’s project director.
More than 50 dealers will participate this year, 15 of which will come fromthe U.S., Europe and Asia. Bonhams, Christie’s, Sotheby’s BID +0.71% and Woolley & Wallis will hold major Asian auctions at the festival, while museums, including the British Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum, and other institutions have organized a program of Asian cultural and social events (www.asianartinlondon.com).
Eskenazi will show 20 rare imperial pieces of Qing Dynasty porcelain, primarily 18th century. They include colorfully decorated vases, plates, ewers and water pots, ranging in price from £100,000 to several million pounds. Sam Fogg and Francesca Galloway will jointly exhibit “Red Stone: Indian Stone Carving from Sultanate and Mughal India.” Late-12th century to early-13th century fragments of friezes will be exhibited beside screens from the 16th-18th centuries. Ms. Galloway will also have an exhibition entitled “The Divine & The Profane: Gods, Kings & Merchants in Indian Art,” with paintings and textiles.”
Read on at the Wall Street Journal.
