Anne Crane

Jul 21, 2024 | antiquestradegazette.com | Anne Crane

Subscribe now The seventh edition of Printemps Asiatique, held in Paris at the height of the season, put the spotlight firmly on a very broad array of Asian art. Like its longer-established predecessors - Asian Art in London and Asia Week New York - this event that ran from June 6-13 featured both dealers’ shows and a raft of auctions at the Drouot centre and in salerooms across the city.

Jul 21, 2024 | antiquestradegazette.com | Anne Crane

Subscribe now Pictured here, for example, are two Tibetan versions from the sale held by Daguerre (30% buyer’s premium inc tax) on June 7. They were part of a 75-lot collection, around half given over to bronze statuettes from India, China, Cambodia and Tibet, some with three-figure estimates. The two gilt bronzes were the object of bidding battles and ended up providing two of Drouot’s 10 top Asian results.

Jul 21, 2024 | antiquestradegazette.com | Anne Crane

Subscribe now This added up to 3100 lots overall, generating a premium-inclusive total of €11.6m. The top prices included not just many of the potential highlights but also some highflyers that had not been predicted. The two highest prices at the Drouot auctions came from the June 12 sale held by Tessier & Sarrou (28% buyer’s premium inc tax).

Jul 21, 2024 | antiquestradegazette.com | Anne Crane

Subscribe now The 16½in (42cm) high covered vase is an example of yangcai decoration, enamelled in a famille rose palette highlighted with gold in imitation of cloisonné enamel, a technique devised by Tang Ying, superintendent of the Jingdezhen factories from 1728-56.

Jun 23, 2024 | antiquestradegazette.com | Anne Crane

Subscribe now The Derbyshire sale held from April 30-May 3comprised a vast array of over 2400 lots that incorporated several single-owner collections including contents from the Old Rectory in Rangemore, Staffordshire. Sikh interestTop of the list was some Oriental edged weaponry: a lot containing two swords, one of them described as a 19th century Indian talwar (a type of curved sabre used on the subcontinent) with a 2ft 7in (81cm) curved blade and two inscribed panels of verse.