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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Thursday 8th November
Friday 9th November
Saturday 10th November
Sunday 11th November
Monday 12th November
Tuesday 13th November
Wednesday 14th November
Thursday 15th November


THURSDAY 8th NOVEMBER

Auction: Chinese Works of Art

Christie's South Kensington
85 Old Brompton Road
London SW7 3LD

Details: Tel. 020 7482 3308

Lecture: Asia House presents 'Only Fools and Horses? In the Steppes of Muhammad Siyah Qalam'. Dr Julian Raby of the Oriental Institute, University of Oxford, 6.30-7.30pm. time tbc?

Christie's South Kensington
85 Old Brompton Road
London SW7 3LD

Details: Tel. 020 7482 3308

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FRIDAY 9th NOVEMBER

Exhibition Opening: 'Agatha Christie and the Orient'. Artefacts, photographs, archives and Christie's own films reveal the influence of her Near Eastern archaeological discoveries on her detective writings.

West Wing Exhibition Gallery
British Museum
Great Russell Street
London WC1B 3DG

Details: Tel. 020 7323 8522

Lecture and Book Launch: Phillips present 'The Hoi An Wreck - Redating Vietnamese Ceramics' by Dr Mensun Bound, Excavation Director of the Hoi An Shipwreck project of St Peter's College, Oxford University, 6.30pm. 

Lecture: Phillips present 'Japanese Ceramics in the 20th century', 7.30pm. 

Phillips
110 New Bond Street
London W1S 1SR 

Details: Colin Sheaf, Tel. 020 7468 8237

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SATURDAY 10th NOVEMBER

Gallery and Auction House open days.
All participants of Asian Art in London will be open 10am-5pm unless otherwise stated in their entry.

Late night opening in Kensington Church Street, West London, Pimlico and Hampstead.
See below for listings of addresses. 

Antikwest Ltd, Gregg Baker Asian Art, Berwald Oriental Art, Cohen & Cohen, Joss Graham Oriental Textiles, Oliver Hoare Ltd, Indigo, Katie Jones, Knapton & Rasti Asian Art, Robert McPherson, S. Marchant & Son, James Singer Asian Art, Soo San, Jorge Welsh Oriental Porcelain and Works of Art
Information: contact participants

Gallery lecture: 'Five and Nine' by Gary Dickinson. Number and symbol in Chinese textile art, 10.30am. First day of three day gallery lecture series. 

Linda Wrigglesworth Ltd
34 Brook Street
London W1Y 1YA

Details & tickets: Tel. 020 7408 0177

Gallery lecture: 'Narrative Cloth' by Joss Graham. Pictorial textiles from the worlds great religions - Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism, 2.30pm. 

Joss Graham Oriental Textiles
10 Eccleston Street
London SW1W 9LT 

Details & reservations: Tel. 020 7730 4370

Book signing: 'Blue and White - Chinese Porcelain Around the World' by John Carswell, 5pm. 

Jorge Welsh Oriental Porcelain and Works of Art
116 Kensington Church Street
London W8 4BH 

Details : Tel. 020 7229 2140

Gallery lecture & reception: 'Indian Forts and Palaces' by Virginia Fass author of Forts of India and Palaces of India, 5.30pm. 

Samina Inc.
91c Jermyn Street
London SW1Y 6TB 

Details & reservations: Samina Khanyari, Tel. 020 7930 5177

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SUNDAY 11th NOVEMBER

Gallery and Auction House open days.
All participants of Asian Art in London will be open 10am-5pm unless otherwise stated in their entry.

Late night opening in St James's.
See below for listings of addresses.

The Asian Art Gallery - Christopher Bruckner, The Asian Art Gallery - Malcolm Fairley Ltd, Anthony Carter, Christie's, Francesca Galloway Ltd, Priestley & Ferraro, Rossi & Rossi, Samina Inc, Spink Indian & Islamic Works of Art, Michael and Henrietta Spink Ltd, Jonathan Tucker Antonia Tozer Asian Art
Information: contact participants

Symposium: 'Conserving Art - Preserving Culture: Approaches and Methodologies in the Conservation of Tibetan Art'. Speakers include Dr Ulrich Pagel, Jonathan Ashley-Smith, John Sanday, Jacki Elgar, Dr Anna Mignucci and Mark Barnard, 9am-4.30pm 

Circle of Tibetan and Himalayan Studies
Lecture Theatre, Brunei Gallery
SOAS, University of London
Russell Square
London WC1H 0XG

Details & tickets: Dr Ulrich Pagel, email [email protected], Tel. 020 7898 4782

Second day of gallery lecture series: 'Five and Nine' by Gary Dickinson. Number and symbol in Chinese textile art, 10.30am. 

Linda Wrigglesworth Ltd
34 Brook Street
London W1Y 1YA

Details & tickets: Tel. 020 7408 0177

Lecture: Christie's and the Oriental Ceramic Society present, 'Vietnamese Ceramics from the Hoi An Shipwreck', by John Guy, Deputy Curator of the Indian & Southeast Asian Department, Victoria & Albert Museum, 5.30pm. 

Christie's
5-8 King Street
London SW1Y 6QT 

Details & tickets: Rosemary Scott, Christie's Asian Art Depts.
Tel. 020 7389 2579

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MONDAY 12th NOVEMBER

Late night opening in Mayfair.
See below for listings of addresses.

Brandt Oriental Art, Davies & Tooth Ltd, Barry Davies Oriental Art Ltd, Eskenazi Ltd, John Eskenazi Ltd, Sam Fogg Rare Books and Manuscripts, Goedhuis Contemporary, Alexander Götz, Nicholas Grindley, Robert Hall, Gerard Hawthorn Ltd, Roger Keverne Ltd, Robert Kleiner & Co. Ltd, Theresa McCullough Ltd, Sondra Milne Henderson, Sydney L. Moss Ltd, Phillips, Nicholas S. Pitcher Oriental Art, Gordon Reece Gallery, Jacqueline Simcox Ltd, John Siudmak Asian Art, Sotheby's, A & J Speelman Ltd,, The Textile Gallery, Jan van Beers, Linda Wrigglesworth Ltd, Grace Wu Bruce
Information: contact participants

Auction: Chinese and Japanese Ceramics & Works of Art, including Textiles and Fans. 

Phillips
101 New Bond Street
London W1S 1SR

Details: Seonaid Maclean-Bristol, Tel. 020 7468 8248

Third day of gallery lecture series: 'Five and Nine' by Gary Dickinson. Number and symbol in Chinese textile art, 10.30am. 

Linda Wrigglesworth Ltd
34 Brook Street
London W1Y 1YA

Details & tickets: Tel. 020 7408 0177

lecture & reception: 'Chinese Traditions, Western Influences - The Creation of a Universal Language', by Julian Spalding, 5pm. 

Davies & Tooth Ltd
The Air Gallery
32 Dover Street
London W1S 4NE

Details & reservations: Patrick Davies, Tel. 020 7409 1516

Lecture and book launch: 'Discovering the Ming', by Jessica Harrison-Hall, Assistant Keeper of Chinese Ceramics, British Museum, 6pm. 

Stevenson Lecture Theatre
British Museum
Great Russell Street
London WC1B 3DG 

Details & tickets: British Museum Press, Tel. 0800 085 0864

Panel Discussion: 'Traditional crafts and India's cultural identity - re-examining the challenge of globalisation', chaired by Dr Deborah Swallow, Victoria & Albert Museum, 6.45pm. 

The Nehru Centre
8 South Audley Street
London W1K 1HF 

Details & reservations: Nilima Bhat, Kaarukul Foundation
Tel. 020 8241 1202

Lecture: Asia House presents 'Why the British Indian Empire Ended', by Patrick French, 6.30pm 

The Royal Institution
21 Albermarle Street
London W1X 4BS 

Details: Katriana Hazell, Tel. 020 7499 1287

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TUESDAY 13th NOVEMBER

Asian Art in London Gala Dinner: The State Apartments, Kensington Palace. Dinner and recital in aid of Historic Royal Palaces for the restoration of Queen Mary's Gallery and Apartments, 6.30-11pm. 

The State Apartments
Kensington Palace
Palace Green
London W8 4PX 

Details and tickets: Asian Art in London, Tel. 020 7499 2215

Auction: Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art - Chinese Export Art. 

Christie's
5-8 King Street
London SW1Y 6QT

Details: Christie's Chinese Dept, Tel. 020 7389 2572

Auction: Contemporary Japanese Crafts - Mingei to the Present Day. 

Phillips
101 New Bond Street
London W1S 1SR

Details: Seonaid Maclean-Bristol, Tel. 020 7468 8248

Lecture, exhibition opening and reception: 'Collecting 20th century Chinese Painting, 1940-2000', by Prof. Michael Sullivan, 5pm. 

Headley Lecture Theatre
Ashmolean Museum
Beaumont Street
Oxford OX1 2PH 

Details & reservations: Events Coordinator, Lindsay O'Nions
Tel. 01865 288 299

Lecture: Annual Benjamin Zucker lecture on Mughal art, 'The Chronicles of Akbar - the Making of a Royal Manuscript', by Susan Stronge, Assistant Curator of the Indian & Southeast Asian Department, 7pm. Exhibition Road entrance. 

Victoria & Albert Museum
Lecture Theatre
Cromwell Road
London SW7 2RL 

Details : Nick Barnard, Tel. 020 7942 2323

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WEDNESDAY 14th NOVEMBER

Auction: Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art.

Sotheby's
34-35 New Bond Street
London W1A 2AA 

Details: Alastair Gibson, Tel. 020 7293 6442

Auction: Japanese Art and Design.

Christie's
8 King Street
London SW1Y 6QT 

Details: Mark Hinton, Tel. 020 7389 2595

Lecture: The Royal Asiatic Society presents, 'The Photographic Collection of the RAS', by John Falconer. An illustrated lecture on the Royal Asiatic Society's collections of 19th century photographs of Asia, 5.30pm. 

The Royal Asiatic Society
60 Queen's Gardens
London W2 3AF 

Details & reservations: The Secretary, Tel. 020 7724 4741 

Lecture: The Circle of Inner Asian Art presents, 'Secrets and True Knowledge - Looking Afresh at Song Painting', by Prof. Roderick Whitfield of SOAS, 6-8pm. 

School of Oriental and African Studies
Main Building (also known as Philips Building)
Basement Lecture Theatre
Thornhaugh Street
Russell Square
London WC1H 0XG 

Details: Lilla Russel-Smith, Tel. 020 7898 4464 

Lecture: The Iran Heritage Foundation presents 'Isfahan - Brick Work or Brick Magic', by Prof. Robert Hillenbrand, University of Edinburgh, 6.30pm. Sponsored by Dr David Khalili. 

Locarno Rooms
The Foreign Office
King Charles Street
London SW1A 2AH 

Details & tickets: Iran Heritage Foundation, Tel. 020 7493 4766
Mobile: 07976 297 339, email [email protected] 

Lecture: 'Building a Vietnamese Collection', by Jessica Harrison-Hall, Assistant Keeper of Chinese Ceramics, British Museum, 6pm. 

The Winter Olympia Fine Art & Antiques Fair
National Hall
Olympia Exhibition Centre
Warwick Road
London SW5 9TA 

Details & tickets: Organiser's Office, Tel. 020 7370 8345 

Exhibition Opening: 'Light Motifs', an Aomori float and Japanese kites. Displaying kites from the museum's collection and the construction of a large float from the Nebuta Festival. 

Wellcome Trust Gallery
British Museum
Great Russell Street
London WC1B 3DG 

Details & tickets: Tel. 020 7323 8522 

Exhibition Opening: 'Kamakura-Bori - 500 years of Japanese lacquered wood carving'. Demonstrations of woodcarving: 17th-18th of November. 

Victoria & Albert Museum
Lecture Theatre
Cromwell Road
London SW7 2RL 

Details: Justine Lewis, Tel. 020 7942 2244


THURSDAY 15th NOVEMBER

Auction: Japanese Prints, Paintings & Works of Art.

Sotheby's Olympia
Hammersmith Road
London W14 8UX 

Details:Suzannah Yip, Tel. 020 7293 5725

Study day: 'Oriental Porcelain Decorated in Europe', organised by the Oriental Ceramic Society. Speakers include Jessica Harrison-Hall, Helen Espir, J. van Dam, Errol Manners, Prof. Christiaan Jorg, Susan Miller, Dr Eva Stroeber, Hilary Young and Dr Rose Kerr, 10am. 

Stevenson Lecture Theatre
British Museum
Great Russell Street
London WC1B 3DG 

Details: Education Dept, Tel. 020 7323 8511/8854 

Exhibition Opening: 'Contemporary Japanese Jewellery', a ten year retrospective study of contemporary Japanese jewellery. 

Crafts Council
44a Pentonville Road
Islington
London N1 9BY 

Details: Enquiries, Tel. 020 7278 7700 

Lecture: The Japan Society presents 'The Edo View of London', by Dr Timon Screech, Sainsbury Institute. Lecture courtesy of Sotheby's and Sotheby's Institute, 6.30pm. 

Sotheby's Olympia
Hammersmith Road
London W14 8UX 

Details: Captain Robert Guy, Tel. 020 7636 3029 

Lecture & Demonstration: 'Design and Craft - Breaking Barriers in the 21st century', by Anjalee Wakankar and Sanjib Chatterjee, 6.45pm.

The Nehru Centre
8 South Audley Street
London W1K 1HF 

Details: Nilima Bhat, Tel. 020 8241 1202 


THURSDAY 15th NOVEMBER

Auction: Asian Costume & Textiles.

Christie's South Kensington
85 Old Brompton Road
London SW7 3LD 

Details: Tel. 020 7581 7611

Auction: Chinese Works of Art including the Henry Guiness de Lazlo Collection. 

Sotheby's Olympia
Hammersmith Road
London W14 8UX 

Details: Julian King, Tel. 020 7293 5148

Performance: Kodo drummers. Three performances from a 14 strong company of musicians and their traditional Japanese drums, 16th-18th November, 7.30pm. 

Barbican Centre
Silk Street
Barbican
London EC2Y 8DS 

Details: Tel. 020 7638 4141

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