Specialist Elizabeth Hammer examines superlative examples of ‘the most intimate form of Chinese traditional painting’, all with Imperial provenance — offered in New York on 15 March
Asian Art
"The Japanese photographer’s work spans decades and, rather than seeking to capture the magic of the decisive moment, aims to evoke ‘the infinite and the immeasurable’."
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"Mythical creatures have a long history in Chinese culture, and have been a recurring theme in artistic creation.
An ancient China, farmers and hunters explained natural and social…
"Why these rare and extremely important 18th-century vases prompted our specialist to advise their owner to sit down before it was explained what they might be worth."
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"Inside the Tokyo creative space of an artist celebrated for his canvases peopled by anime-inspired, otherworldly figures with haunting eyes."
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"Clara Rivollet admires a prodigious abstract work by the Beijing-born, Paris-based artist which has been in private hands for almost 50 years."
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"Figuration has been a long, sustained tradition in Indian art, and Sotheby’s 14 March sale of Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art celebrates a century of the Indian artists who adopted the…
"Featuring exceptionally rare blue and white porcelain vases, bowls and more, the fourteen lots being offered on 14 March in Ming: The Intervention of Imperial Taste illustrate the power and…
