Conjoined cups with phoenix design, Warring States period (475-221 BC), approximately 316 BC, lacquer on wood and bamboo with pigments, 24.3 x 20.8 cm,excavated from Chu tomb no. 2 at Baoshan, Jingmen, in 1986 © Hubei Provincial Museum
A Gathering of Muslim Mystics (Sufis), attributed to Muhammad ‘Ali, Iranian, active 17th century, illustration from an unidentified dispersed manuscript, circa 1640s, Iran, Isfahan, Safavid court, opaque watercolour, ink and gold on paper, sheet with border (not shown) 34.13 x 21.11 cm, gift of Mr and Mrs Stanley Marcus
Detail of young women and servants collect persimmons (1803-04) by Kitagawa Utamaro, polychrome woodcut print, 37.5 x 76.3 cm, courtesy of Museo d’Arte Orientale E Chiossone
Portrait of the Artist’s Daughter (1957) by Kim Kwanho, Los Angeles County Museum of Art. . All images gift of Drs Chester and Cameron C Chang (MD). Photos © Museum Associates/LACMA
Asian and Islamic Works of Art
Chinese, Japanese & South East Asian
On Wednesday, 11 November, over 700 lots spanning many epochs and categories of Asian Art, from Chinese archaic bronzes to Japanese prints and Singaporean …Read More »
The latest shows from around the world
THE MAGIC OF EXPLORATION
From biennials and triennials to art summits, fairs, and cultural tours – countless art events now dot the globe and compete for attention and …Read More »
Object of the Month – February 2022
This month marks the New Chinese Year – and 2022 is the year of the tiger. To mark the event, we’re posting a Chinese …Read More »
Wang Keping
The Rodin Museum invited Wang Keping to take over the sculpture garden as his studio during May and early June. The project is a …Read More »
Tranquebar and The Danish Connection in India
Tranquebar (Tharangampadi) is a village in Tamil Nadu with an intriguing intercultural history – it has been the home to two Danish East India …Read More »