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See our guide: https://atg.news/2zaGmwp 7 1 -2 0 2 1 9 1 ISSUE 2491 | antiquestradegazette.com | 8 May 2021 | UK £4.99 | USA $7.95 | Europe €5.50 S E E R 50years D koopman rare art V A I R N T antiques trade G T H E KOOPMAN (see Client Templates for issue versions) THE ART M ARKET WEEKLY [email protected] +44 (0)20 7242 7624 www.koopman.art Benin plaque Pick withdrawn of the from auction week by Alex Capon Sussex The increasingly contentious issue of selling Benin works of art at auction silver raised its head again last week after an ancestral plaque catalogued as 16th or 17th century was withdrawn from an East Sussex sale. shines in The works created by the Edo people in the Kingdom of Benin in modern-day Nigeria are deemed highly important Salisbury cultural artefacts, but the fact that many were looted – such as during an 1897 British expedition – means great political sensitivity The April 27-28 silver sale at Woolley now surrounds their sale. & Wallis – first scheduled for While museums across Europe, including November – included a collection of the British Museum, have long faced more than 300 lots from a deceased demands to return these works, private estate. Some 45 pieces of hollowware Continued on page 6 pre-dated 1700, comprising the best selection of early English silver the auction house had offered since the Greek art sale How sale in 2007. Much of the group was put together goes to Paris from the early 1980s until around 2017 with the guidance of Godalming dealer by Laura Chesters Alastair Dickenson. Although unmarked, a 5in (12cm) Bonhams has moved its annual Greek art Elizabeth I provincial silver communion auction to France from London following cup forms part of a small group of Brexit. ecclesiastical vessels made in Sussex Buyers for the sale are typically from c.1570. It was probably made by within the European Union and Bonhams Above: this rare provincial silver communion cup Thomas Wood I, one of small number of believed it was prudent to move the sale to probably made by Thomas Wood I of Chichester silversmiths working in the Chichester the same jurisdiction to ease export. c.1570-80, part of a fine collection of English silver area at the time. His name appeared in the The inaugural sale in Paris will take offered for sale by Woolley & Wallis in Salisbury on London Goldsmiths’ Company records place on May 19 and selected highlights will April 27-28, sold at £12,000. Continued on page 8 Continued on page 6 ANTIQUE FAIR DATES 2021 (10-4PM) 22ND MAY ∙ 12TH JUNE ∙ 10TH JULY ∙ 7TH AUG ∙ 11TH SEPT ANTIQUE FAIRS AT KYRE PARK KYRE PARK, TENBURY WELLS, WORCESTERSHIRE, WR15 8RW WWW.KYREPARKANTIQUES.CO.UK Follow us on Twitter Antiques Trade Gazette is published and originated by Metropress Ltd, Contents@ATG_Editorial Issue 2491 trading as Auction Technology Group Ltd Read top stories every day on our website antiquestradegazette.com auctiontechnologygroup.com Find us on: Follow us on Twitter Chief Executive Officer John-Paul Savant Chief Operating Officer Richard Lewis @ATG_Editorial Find us on: Publishing Director Matt Ball Editor-at-Large Noelle McElhatton Deputy Editor, News Laura Chesters Deputy Editor, Features & Supplements Roland Arkell Commissioning Editor Anne Crane Chief Production Editor Tom Derbyshire Digital & Art Market Editor Alex Capon Reporter Frances Allitt In The News page 6 Marketing Manager Beverley Marshall Fox Talbot collection snapped up at $1.6m Print & ProduCtion Director Justin Massie-Taylor SUBSCRIPTIONS ENQUIRIES Polly Stevens +44 (0)20 3725 5507 News Digest page 8-9 [email protected] Includes Bid Barometer EDITORIAL +44 (0)20 3725 5520 [email protected] Auction Reports ADVERTISING +44 (0)20 3725 5604 HAMMER HIGHLIGHTS [email protected] Mirrors and furniture looking good page 12-13 AUCTION ADVERTISING Charlotte Scott-Smith +44 (0)20 3725 5602 ART MARKET [email protected] NON-AUCTION & FAIRS AND MARKETS Seago the royal favourite artist page 16-17 ADVERTISING Dan Connor +44 (0)20 3725 5605 BOOKS AND WORKS ON PAPER [email protected] Famous Federalist American essay page 20-21 CLASSIFIED Rebecca Bridges +44 (0)20 3725 5604 Asian array [email protected] Previews page 24-25 INTERNATIONAL ADVERTISING Preview highlights from the Susan Glinska +44 (0)20 3725 5607 latest selections in this field [email protected] Dealers’ Diary coming up at auction Francine Libessart +44 (0)20 3725 5613 [email protected] page 30-35 Visit Buxton fair – in person at last page 26-28 CALENDAR CONTROLLER Rachel Fellman +44 (0)20 3725 5606 [email protected] Feature - Asian art ATG PRODUCTION +44 (0)20 3725 5620 Muireann Grealy +44 (0)20 3725 5623 Stand-out items from UK and international salerooms previewed page 30-35 SUSTAINABLE RESOURCES This product is produced from UK Auction Calendar page 39-45 sustainably managed forests and controlled sources. 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Continental porcelain. £1,000-£1,500 (+BP*) Various estimates (+BP*) (ten pieces in the set) A large Meissen A superb pair of Empire porcelain group bronze and gilt bronze 'Aphrodite'. Nubian children 14in tall. candlesticks. 19in tall. £1,000-£1,500 (+BP*) £3,000-£5,000 (+BP*) A superb Vietnamese three-panel painting of a hunting scene A superb Vietnamese painting A large and impressive Vietnamese painted panel of a wedding scene A large Italian carved Carrera marble attributed to Nguyen Van Minh. of females on a jetty amongst attributed to Nguyen Van Minh. child personifying music. 44in tall. £5,000-£8,000 (+BP*) lillies, signed ‘Ng Van Minh’. £4,000-£6,000 (+BP*) £6,000-£8,000 (+BP*) £3,000-£5,000 (+BP*) A Chinese late Qing Dynasty carved wood fan/ruyi- shaped panel and embroidered silk. £600-£800 (+BP*) A good Chinese famille rose porcelain A Louis XVI-style kingwood and parquetry An inlaid walnut sideboard and side pieces by David Linley. 8ft 4in wide. Three small items of French furniture from a large collection. A Sheraton Revival cabinet. vase, with a six inlaid writing desk. 3ft 7in wide. £1,000-£2,000 (+BP*) £300-£500 each (+BP*) 4ft 9in tall.