Gallery Talk

Ming and later Chinese Jade
Thursday, October 30, 2014

• 13.15-14.00
• The British Museum
  Gallery 33B
  Great Russell Street
  London WC1B 3DG
• Phone +44 (0)20 7323 8299
  Website www.britishmuseum.org
• Admission free

Lecture

Axis Shifting East
Thursday, October 30, 2014

• 16.00 - 18.00
• Asia House
  New Cavendish Street
  London W1G 7LP
• Phone +44 (0)20 7723 3079
  Email marta@vastari.com
• Admission £15, Vastari members £10

Lecture & Reception

The Invisible Secrets of Tibetan Thangkas
Thursday, October 30, 2014

• 18.00
• Kenneth Clark Lecture Theatre
  Courtauld Institute of Art
  Somerset House
  Strand
  London WC2R 0RN
• Dr Giovanni Verri
  Courtauld Institute of Art
  Phone +44 (0)20 7848 2164
  Email giovanni.verri@courtauld.ac.uk
• Admission free

Family Event

Magnificent Ming China
Friday, October 31, 2014

• 10.00 - 16.00
• The British Museum
  Great Court
  Great Russell Street
  London WC1B 3DG
• Phone +44 (0)20 7323 8299
  Website www.britishmuseum.org
• Admission free

Exhibition

Preview of Hong Kong and Paris Auctions:
The Arts of Ming and Other Highlights
Friday, October 31, 2014 to Monday, November 3, 2014

• Fri 10.00 - 16.30 Sat 12.00 - 17.00 Sun 12.00 - 20.00 Mon 3rd 09.00 - 16.30
• Christie's
  8 King Street, St James's
  London SW1Y 6QT
• Pedram Rasti
  Phone +44 (0)20 7389 2556
  Email pprasti@christies.com
• Admission is free

Lecture

Curator's Introduction to Ming: 50 Years that Changed China
Friday, October 31, 2014

• 13.30 - 14.30
• The British Museum
  BP Lecture Theatre
  Great Russell Street
  London WC1B 3DG
• Phone +44 (0)20 7323 8181
  Website www.britishmuseum.org
• Admission free, booking essential

Lecture

Yama to Oni: Ghosts and Demons in Asian Art
Friday, October 31, 2014

• 14.00 - 15.00
• The Ashmolean Museum
  Headley Lecture Theatre
  Beaumont Street
  Oxford, OX1 2PH
• Phone +44 (0)1865 305305
  Email education.service@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
  Website www.ashmolean.org
• £5, concessions £4, booking essential

Gallery Talk

An Introduction to Ming Textiles: Their History and Design
Friday, October 31, 2014

• 16.00 - 17.00
• Stoppenbach & Delestre
  17 Ryder Street, St James's
  London SW1Y 6PY
• Mobile +44 (0)7775 566 388
  Email js@jacquelinesimcox.com
• Admission fee (standing room only)

Gallery Talk

Akbar's Atelier: The Zafarnama in Context
Friday, October 31, 2014

• 18.30
• Prahlad Bubbar
  33 Cork Street, Mayfair
  London W1S 3NQ
• Phone +44 (0)20 7494 3144
  Email info@prahladbubbar.com
• Admission free, places limited, booking essential

Gallery Talk

Habits of Harmony in Vietnamese Fine Art
Saturday, November 1, 2014

• 15.00
• Raquelle Azran Vietnamese Contemporary Fine Art
  @ Guy Peppiatt/Stephen Ongpin Gallery
  6 Mason's Yard
  Duke Street, St James's
  London SW1Y 6BU
• Mobile +44 (0)7906 638 640
  Email raquelle.azran@gmail.com
• Admission free, booking recommended

Exhibition Opening

Gallery Concert: Classical Japanese Music
Saturday, November 1, 2014

• 18.30 - 20.30
• Gregg Baker Asian Art
  142 Kensington Church Street
  London W8 4BN
• Phone +44 (0)20 7221 3533
  Email info@japanesescreens.com
• Admission free

Private View

Film Screening: The Kingdom and the Beauty (Cert. U)
Sunday, November 2, 2014

• 14.00 - 16.00
• The British Museum
  Stevenson Lecture Theatre
  Great Russell Street
  London WC1B 3DG
• Phone +44 (0)20 7323 8181
  Website www.britishmuseum.org
• £3, concessions £2, booking essential

Lecture

Diplomacy and Global Trade: Chinese Porcelain in the Early Ming Dynasty
Sunday, November 2, 2014

• 15.30
• Sotheby's
  34/35 New Bond Street, Mayfair
  London W1A 2AA
• Helen Desmond
  Phone +44 (0)20 7293 6442
  Email helen.desmond@sothebys.com
• Admission free, places limited, booking essential

Lecture & Reception

Cataloguing the East Asian Porcelains of Augustus the Strong - The Dresden Porcelain Project
Sunday, November 2, 2014

• 18.00 - 20.00
• Christie's
  8 King Street, St James's
  London SW1Y 6QT
• Harriet McCann
  Phone +44 (0)20 7389 2858
  Email rsvp@christies.com
• Admission free, booking essential

Short Course

Arts of China from the Song to the Ming
Monday, November 3, 2014 to Thursday, November 6, 2014

• 10.00 - 17.00
• SOAS
  University of London
  Thornhaugh Street
  Russell Square
  London WC1H 0XG
• Denise Acford
  Phone +44 (0)20 7898 4451
  Email da33@soas.ac.uk
• £540

Auction

Asian Art
Monday, November 3, 2014

• 10.30
• Bonhams Knightsbridge
  Montpelier Street
  Knightsbridge
  London SW7 1HH
• James Hammond
  Phone +44 (0)20 7393 394
  Email james.hammond@bonhams.com
  Rachel Hyman
  Phone +44 (0)20 7393 3854
  Email rachel.hyman@bonhams.com
  Rosangela Assennato
  Phone +44 (0)20 7393 3883
  Email rosa.assennato@bonhams.com

Study Day

Exploring Indian Textiles
Monday, November 3, 2014

• 14.00 - 17.30
• Morley College
  61 Westminster Bridge Road
  London SE1 7HT
• Phone +44 (0)20 7450 1889
  Website www.morleycollege.ac.uk/courses/enrolment
• £35, booking essential

Lecture

People of the Ming
Monday, November 3, 2014

• 17.30 drinks 18.00 - 19.15 lecture
• Bonhams
  101 New Bond Street
  Mayfair
  London W1S 1SR
• Oriental Ceramic Society
  Phone +44 (0)1223 881328
  Email ocs.london@btinternet.com
  Website www.ocs-london.com
• Admission free, booking essential:
  Email chris.mitchell@bonhams.com
  Phone +44 (0)20 7468 8248

Lecture

Asian Art Market
Monday, November 3, 2014

• 18.00 - 20.00
• Albemarle Gallery
  49 Albemarle Street
  Mayfair
  London W1S 4JR
• Phone +44 (0)20 7499 1616
  Email info@albemarlegallery.com
• Admission free, booking essential

Private View

Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
Monday, November 3, 2014

• 18.30 - 20.30
• Sotheby's
  34-35 New Bond Street
  Mayfair
  London W1A 2AA
• RSVP to: party@sothebys.com
• Admission is free, places limited, booking essential

Private View

Book Launch: Custodians of the Scholar's Way - Chinese Scholars' Objects in Precious Woods
Monday, November 3, 2014

• 18.30 - 20.30
• Sotheby's
  34-35 New Bond Street
  Mayfair
  London W1A 2AA
• RSVP to Helen Desmond: helen.desmond@sothebys.com
• Admission free, places limited, booking essential

Exhibition Opening

Ghazaleh Avarzamani: Apology for Understanding
Monday, November 3, 2014

• 18.45 - 20.30 (exhibition continues until 14 November, Monday - Saturday 09.00 - 18.00)
• Asia House
  63 New Cavendish Street
  London W1G 7LP
• Phone +44 (0)20 7307 5454
  Email enquiries@asiahouse.co.uk
  Website www.asiahouse.org
• Admission free

Auction

Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Textiles
Tuesday, November 4, 2014

• 10.00 & 14.00
• Christie's South Kensington
  85 Old Brompton Road
  South Kensington
  London SW7 3LD
• Kate Hunt (Chinese Dept)
  Phone +44 (0)20 7752 3389
  Email khunt@christies.com

Gallery Talk

Form & Allusion: Japanese Lacquer
Tuesday, November 4, 2014

• 12.30 - 15.30
• Simon Pilling: East Asian Art & Interiors
  18 Maddox Street
  Mayfair
  London W1S 1PL
• Simon Pilling
  Phone +44 (0)7946 577303
  Email simon@simonpilling.co.uk
• Admission free, places limited, booking essential

Gallery Talk

Chinese Bronzes and the Meaning of the Past
Tuesday, November 4, 2014

• 13.15 - 14.00
• The British Museum
  Gallery 33
  Great Russell Street
  London WC1B 3DG
• Phone +44 (0)20 7323 8299
  Website www.britishmuseum.org
• Admission free

Lecture

Asiatic Themes in Mamluk and Ottoman Tiles from Damascus (1400-1800)
Tuesday, November 4, 2014

• 14.30 - 15.30
• Winter Olympia Art & Antiques Fair
  Olympia
  London W14 8UX
• Phone +44 (0)20 7384 8148
  Website www.olympia-antiques.com/asianart
• Admission free, with valid ticket to Olympia fair

Private View

Diaspora
In the presence of His Excellency Enrique A. Manalo Philippine Ambassador to the Court of St. James’s
Tuesday, November 4, 2014

• 18.00 Private View 19.00 Gallery Talk
• One East Asia
  Gallery 8
  8 Duke Street, St James's
  London SW1Y 6BN
• Viv Lawes
  Email viv.lawes@oneeastasia.org
• Admission free, booking essential

Auction

Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
Wednesday, November 5, 2014

• 10.00
• Sotheby's
  34-35 New Bond Street
  Mayfair
  London W1A 2AA
• Robert Bradlow
  Phone +44 (0)20 7293 5145
  Email robert.bradlow@sothebys.com
  Stephen Loakes
  Phone +44 (0)20 7293 5171
  Email stephen.loakes@sothebys.com
  Angela McAteer
  Phone +44 (0)20 7293 5148
  Email angela.mcateer@sothebys.com
  Vivian Tong
  Phone +44 (0)20 7293 5371 vivian.tong@sothebys.com

Auction

The Misumi Collection of Important Works of Lacquer Art and Paintings: Part I
Wednesday, November 5, 2014

• 10.30
• Bonhams
  101 New Bond Street
  Mayfair
  London W1S 1SR
• Suzannah Yip
  Phone +44 (0)20 7468 8368
  Email suzannah.yip@bonhams.com

Gallery Talk

Refined Elegance: A Sloping-stile Cabinet
Wednesday, November 5, 2014

• 12.30
• The Burrell Collection
  Pollok Country Park
  2060 Pollokshaws Road
  Glasgow, G43 1AT
• Phone +44 (0)141 287 2550
  Website www.glasgowlife.org.uk/museums
• Admission free

Gallery Talk

Prints and Paintings - Forty Years in Japan
Wednesday, November 5, 2014

• 12.30 - 13.30
• Hanga Ten
  18 Maddox Street
  Mayfair
  London W1S 1PL
• Chiko Nara
  Phone +44 (0)7788 458 201
  Email japaneseprints@hangaten.com
• Admission free, places limited, booking essential

Auction

The Edward Wrangham Collection of
Japanese Art: Part V
Wednesday, November 5, 2014

• 13.00
• Bonhams
  101 New Bond Street
  Mayfair
  London W1S 1SR
• Suzannah Yip
  Phone +44 (0)20 7468 8368
  Email suzannah.yip@bonhams.com

Gallery Talk

Highlights of the Victoria and Albert Museum's
Korean Collection
Wednesday, November 5, 2014

• 14.00
• Victoria and Albert Museum
  Meeting Point: Grand Entrance
  Cromwell Road
  London SW7 2RL
• Phone +44 (0)20 7942 2322
  Website www.vam.ac.uk
• Admission free

Lecture

Memorial Lecture for Sir Michael Butler
Sir Michael Butler's Legacy: Decoding 17th Century Chinese Porcelain
Wednesday, November 5, 2014

• 18.00 lecture, 19.00 drinks
• The Society of Antiquaries
  Burlington House
  Piccadilly
  London W1J 0BE
• Oriental Ceramic Society
  Phone +44 (0)1223 881328
  Email ocs.london@btinternet.com
  Website www.ocs-london.com
• Admission free, booking essential

Auction

Fine Chinese Art
The Roy Davids Collection of Chinese Ceramics
Thursday, November 6, 2014

• 10.00
• Bonhams
  101 New Bond Street
  Mayfair
  London W1S 1SR
• Colin Sheaf
  Phone +44 (0)20 7468 8237
  Email colin.sheaf@bonhams.com
  Asaph Hyman
  Phone +44 (0)20 7468 5888
  Email asaph.hyman@bonhams.com

Auction

Fine Japanese Art
Thursday, November 6, 2014

• 13.00
• Bonhams
  101 New Bond Street
  Mayfair London W1S 1SR
• Suzannah Yip
  Phone +44 (0)20 7468 8368
  Email suzannah.yip@bonhams.com

Gallery Talk

Myths and Legends in Japanese Woodblock Prints
Thursday, November 6, 2014

• 13.00 - 13.45
• Victoria and Albert Museum
  Meeting Point: Grand Entrance
  Cromwell Road
  London SW7 2RL
• Phone +44 (0)20 7942 2200
  Email s.gambrell@vam.ac.uk
• Admission free

Private View

Film Screening and Poetry Reading:
Gao Xingjian, renowned painter, playwright and filmmaker, presents his film Le Deuil de la Beaute, accompanied by verbal extracts from his poem
Thursday, November 6, 2014

• 18.00
• Aktis Gallery
  10-11 Park Place
  St James's
  London SW1A 1LP
• Phone +44 (0)20 7629 6531
  Email info@aktis-gallery.co.uk
• Admission free, places limited, booking essential

Gallery Talk

Prints and Paintings - Forty Years in Japan
Thursday, November 6, 2014

• 18.45 - 19.45
• Hanga Ten
  18 Maddox Street
  Mayfair
  London W1S 1PL
• Chiko Nara
  Phone +44 (0)7788 458 201
  Email japaneseprints@hangaten.com
• Admission free, places limited, booking essential

Lecture

The Annual Benjamin Zucker Lecture on Mughal Art
by Dr George Michell
Humayun's Tomb in Delhi: Supremacy and Synthesis in the First Great Mughal Monument
Thursday, November 6, 2014

• 19.00 - 20.00, doors open 18.30 Exhibition Road; for wheelchair access please contact in advance
• Victoria and Albert Museum The Lydia & Manfred Gorvy Lecture Theatre
  (entrance) Exhibition Road
  London SW7 2RL
• Phone +44 (0)20 7942 2244/2322
  Website www.vam.ac.uk/whatson
• Admission free

Auction

Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Textiles
Friday, November 7, 2014

• 10.00 & 14.00
• Christie's South Kensington
  85 Old Brompton Road
  South Kensington
  London SW7 3LD
• Kate Hunt (Chinese Dept)
  Phone +44 (0)20 7752 3389
  Email khunt@christies.com

Study Day

Contemporary Chinese Ink Painting
Friday, November 7, 2014

• 10.00 - 17.00, followed by reception
• Sotheby's Institute of Art
  30 Bedford Square
  London WC1B 3EE
• Phone +44 (0)20 7462 3239
  Email l.archer@sothebysinstitute.com
• £195 (£175 if booked by 1 Oct)

Exhibition

New Art Now
Friday, November 7, 2014 to Thursday, November 27, 2014

• 10.00 - 18.00 daily
• The Royal Over-Seas League
  Over-Seas House
  Park Place, St James's Street
  London SW1A 1LR
• Celia Washington
  Phone +44 (0)7789 351 144
  Email air@kathmanduarts.org
• Admission free

Lecture

35th Annual Barlow Lecture
Yongle to Zhengtong: Fifty Years that Changed Chinese Art?
Friday, November 7, 2014

• 17.00
• The Ashmolean Museum
  Headley Lecture Theatre
  Beaumont Street
  Oxford, OX1 2PH
• Phone +44 (0)1865 278067
  Email eastern.art@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
  Website www.ashmolean.org
• Admission free, booking recommended

Lecture

Recent Trends in the Chinese Art Market:
New Challenges for the Collector
Friday, November 7, 2014

• 18.30 - 19.30
• Museum of East Asian Art
  12 Bennett Street
  Bath, BA1 2QJ
• Phone +44 (0)1225 464640
  Website www.meaa.org.uk
• £5, students and Friends of MEAA £2.50; please call museum to book by 5 November

Lecture

Music of the Zhihua Temple
Friday, November 7, 2014

• 18.30 - 20.00
• The British Museum
  Room 33
  Great Russell Street
  London WC1B 3DG
• Phone +44 (0)20 7323 8299
  Website www.britishmuseum.org
• Admission free, places limited