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ASIAN ART IN LONDON 2015

Asian Art in London, 5th – 14th November 2015

A pair of imperial, yellow silk monumental hangings, decorated with phoenix as symbols of the empress. The hangings, each composed of eight panels, form a mirror-image pair and are woven with nine phoenix in gold thread amongst five coloured clouds and above rocks and waves. Chinese, Qianlong period, 1736-1795 Height: 3.45 m (11 ft. 4 inches) Width of each hanging: 5.68 m (18 ft. 8 inches) Provenance: Private European family since c. 1912 Jacqueline Simcox Ltd www.jacquelinesimcox.com

A pair of imperial, yellow silk monumental hangings, decorated with phoenix as symbols of the empress. The hangings, each composed of eight panels, form a mirror-image pair and are woven with nine phoenix in gold thread amongst five coloured clouds and above rocks and waves.
Chinese, Qianlong period, 1736-1795
Height: 3.45 m (11 ft. 4 inches)
Width of each hanging: 5.68 m (18 ft. 8 inches)
Provenance:
Private European family since c. 1912
Jacqueline Simcox Ltd
http://www.jacquelinesimcox.com

This really is a special time in London for it sees sixty international dealers, major auction houses and museums and most importantly collectors from around the world come together for a celebration of Asian Art in all its varieties.

The companion piece Jacqueline Simcox Ltd www.jacquelinesimcox.com

The companion piece
Jacqueline Simcox Ltd
http://www.jacquelinesimcox.com

There are selling exhibitions, lectures and auctions across London and I include some of them here for your interest.

Jiang Shan Chun | China’s History Teller Peace Series - Portrait of Two Families II oil on canvas 207 x 135 cm Original Photograph (right) Albemarle Gallery www.albemarlegallery.com

Jiang Shan Chun | China’s History Teller
Peace Series – Portrait of Two Families II oil on canvas 207 x 135 cm
Original Photograph (right)
Albemarle Gallery
http://www.albemarlegallery.com

 

Tureen, Cover and Stand Qianlong period circa 1740 Scandinavian Market Length of Stand: 17 inches; 43cm Height of Tureen & Cover: 15 inches 38cm Cohen & Cohen www.cohenandcohen.co.uk

Tureen, Cover and Stand
Qianlong period circa 1740
Scandinavian Market
Length of Stand: 17 inches; 43cm
Height of Tureen & Cover: 15 inches 38cm
Cohen & Cohen
http://www.cohenandcohen.co.uk

 

Sotheby's Classical Chinese Furniture from a European Private Collection London | 11 Nov 2015 LOT 12 A HUANGHUALI SQUARE GAMES TABLE, QIZHUO QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY ESTIMATE 30,000-50,000 GBP www.sothebys.com

Sotheby’s
Classical Chinese Furniture from a European Private Collection
London | 11 Nov 2015
LOT 12
A HUANGHUALI SQUARE GAMES TABLE, QIZHUO
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
ESTIMATE 30,000-50,000 GBP
http://www.sothebys.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A pair ofwhite jade cups with their original stands in the form of lotus petals, dating from the 18th Century Marchant www.marchantiques.com

A pair of white jade cups with their original stands in the form of lotus petals, dating from the 18th Century
Marchant
http://www.marchantiques.com

 

FALCON GEM-SET PENDANT India (Deccan), 17th century Height: 7.8 cm. Width: 5.9 cm. Depth: 2.2 cm Simon Ray, Indian and Islamic Works of Art www.simonray.com

FALCON GEM-SET PENDANT
India (Deccan), 17th century
Height: 7.8 cm. Width: 5.9 cm. Depth: 2.2 cm
Simon Ray, Indian and Islamic Works of Art
http://www.simonray.com

 

Liu Jianhua Trace 2 Copyright Liu Jianhua Courtesy Pace London. www.pacegallery.com

Liu Jianhua
Trace 2
Copyright Liu Jianhua Courtesy Pace London.
http://www.pacegallery.com

 

Ma Desheng Untitled 1986 Ink on Chinese paper 69 x 92 cm (17 x 36 ¼ in) Image courtesy the artist and Rossi & Rossi Rossi & Rossi www.rossirossi.com

Ma Desheng
Untitled
1986
Ink on Chinese paper
69 x 92 cm (17 x 36 ¼ in)
Image courtesy the artist and Rossi & Rossi
Rossi & Rossi
http://www.rossirossi.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dreweatts Chinese Ceramics and Asian Works of Art Sale, Monday 16th November 2015 A fine Chinese soapstone group from Qing Dynasty presumably depicting a scene from the Han dynasty. Estimated at £10,000-15,000

Dreweatts
Chinese Ceramics and Asian Works of Art Sale, Monday 16th November 2015
A fine Chinese soapstone group from Qing Dynasty presumably depicting a scene from the Han dynasty. Estimated at £10,000-15,000

 

A Selection of Pieces From The Nicolas Thompson Collection For Sale Online. R & G McPHERSON ANTIQUES www.orientalceramics.com

A Selection of Pieces From The Nicolas Thompson Collection For Sale Online.
R & G McPHERSON ANTIQUES
http://www.orientalceramics.com

 

ORPIMENT 雄黄 by ANDO Saeko (b.1968) Coloured lacquers, seashell, egg-shell and metal inlays on a wooden panel 45 x 90 cm Sealed Simon Pilling www.simonpilling.co.uk

ORPIMENT 雄黄
by ANDO Saeko (b.1968)
Coloured lacquers, seashell, egg-shell and metal inlays on a wooden panel
45 x 90 cm
Sealed
Simon Pilling
http://www.simonpilling.co.uk

 

25 Blythe Road: LIVE SALE: Arthur Millner - ISLAMIC, INDIAN, HIMALAYAN and SOUTH-EAST ASIAN ART ,11th November 2015 Lot 320 - A MANUSCRIPT BOX (SADAIK) Burma (Myanmar), early 20th century 25 x 61 x 22.5cm Estimate: £200-£300 www.25blytheroad.com

25 Blythe Road:
LIVE SALE: Arthur Millner – ISLAMIC, INDIAN, HIMALAYAN and SOUTH-EAST ASIAN ART ,11th November 2015
Lot 320 – A MANUSCRIPT BOX (SADAIK)
Burma (Myanmar), early 20th century
25 x 61 x 22.5cm
Estimate: £200-£300
http://www.25blytheroad.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Falling Blossoms 2015. Oil on Panel. 75 x 40 cm (29.5 x 16 in) Shine Artists www.shineartists.com

Falling Blossoms
2015. Oil on Panel. 75 x 40 cm (29.5 x 16 in)
Shine Artists
http://www.shineartists.com

 

 

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Eskenazi Ltd

Transfigured Echoes: Recent Paintings by Liu Dan, Eskenazi Ltd, 10 Clifford Street, London W1, 14th October -14th November 2015

 

Liu Dan (b.1953) Redefining Pleats of Matter 縐褶被重新確定 Ink on paper 200.0cm by 301.0cm Signed: Jinling Liu Dan hua, (Painted by Liu Dan of Jinling [Nanjing])

Liu Dan (b.1953)
Redefining Pleats of Matter
縐褶被重新確定
Ink on paper
200.0cm by 301.0cm
Signed: Jinling Liu Dan hua, (Painted by Liu Dan of Jinling [Nanjing])

This very special exhibition opens in Frieze Week and closes at the end of Asian Art in London Week.  The artist Liu Dan (b.1953) is a contemporary master in the highly regarded Chinese art form – the traditional school of ink painting. These ten works, which have taken him four years to create, represent a new departure for him and are inspired by his great interest in Renaissance European drawings.

Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (Urbino 1483-1520 Rome) Saint Benedict receiving Maurus and Placidus black and red chalk, pen and brown ink, brown and grey wash, squared in black chalk, partially indented with stylus, an added section of paper at the left of the sheet 14½ x 16¼ in. (36.8 x 41.3 cm.)

Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (Urbino 1483-1520 Rome)
Saint Benedict receiving Maurus and Placidus
black and red chalk, pen and brown ink, brown and grey wash, squared in black chalk, partially indented with stylus,
an added section of paper at the left of the sheet
14½ x 16¼ in. (36.8 x 41.3 cm.)

The exhibition will feature Raphael’s drawing Saint Benedict Receiving Maurus and Placidus as it was the inspiration for the artist’s large-scale work Redefining Pleats of Matter (縐褶被重新確定).  There are also six works depicting scholar’s rocks, the stones that were highly prized by Chinese scholars, officials and connoisseurs for more than a thousand years.

Liu Dan (b.1953) Taihu Rock of the Shaoyuan Garden 五 勺园太湖石 水墨􀀀本 􀀀跋：此米万􀀀勺园太湖石今存北京大学􀀀可􀀀博物􀀀乙未仲夏刘丹写于北京并􀀀 􀀀印：刘丹之印 Ink on paper 309.0cm by 199.0cm Inscribed: Ci Mi Wanzhong Shaoyuan Taihushi jin cun Beijing daxue Saikele bowuguan yiwei zhongxia Liu Dan xie yu Beijing bing shu. (This Taihu rock of the Shaoyuan Garden, which belonged to Mi Wanzhong, is now in the Sackler Museum, Peking University. Written and painted by Liu Dan in Beijing in mid-summer of the yiwei year [2015].) Artist’s seal: Liu Dan zhi yin, (Liu Dan’s seal)

Liu Dan (b.1953)
Taihu Rock of the Shaoyuan Garden
五
勺园太湖石
水墨􀀀本
􀀀跋：此米万􀀀勺园太湖石今存北京大学􀀀可􀀀博物􀀀乙未仲夏刘丹写于北京并􀀀
􀀀印：刘丹之印
Ink on paper
309.0cm by 199.0cm
Inscribed: Ci Mi Wanzhong Shaoyuan Taihushi jin cun Beijing daxue Saikele bowuguan yiwei zhongxia Liu Dan xie yu Beijing bing
shu. (This Taihu rock of the Shaoyuan Garden, which belonged to Mi Wanzhong, is now in the Sackler Museum, Peking University.
Written and painted by Liu Dan in Beijing in mid-summer of the yiwei year [2015].)
Artist’s seal: Liu Dan zhi yin, (Liu Dan’s seal)

On the question of difference between him and the Old Masters Liu Dan has observed: ‘I don’t think there is any difference except that they are dead and I am still alive. On the other hand, because I’m still alive, they are alive too. I don’t advocate the literati ideology, but I endorse the literati spirit. I don’t belong to a particular tradition either. I just want to keep up the artistic tradition where freedom is unrestrained.’

Liu Dan (b.1953) Credit: Do Do Jin Min

Liu Dan (b.1953)
Credit: Do Do Jin Min

 

 

 

 

 

 

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