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Detail: This fair is the most important event of its kind in Britain with approximately £500 million worth of top quality art and antiques exhibited and for sale. Each year, the design is inspired by a different historic building, and this time, Woburn Abbey has been selected; its collection of Canaletto paintings and other works will be depicted on panels around the fair. There will also be a gala evening on 12 June, the proceeds of which will go to the International Fundraising Committee of the British Red Cross, which celebrates the centenary of its Royal Charter this year. Five Asian UK-based art dealers will be participating - of particular interest on Susan Ollemans' stand will be an 18th century sapphire torque with gulabi mina (pink enamel) from Benares. Back at the fair for the fifth time, Gregg Baker, one of the few specialists in Japanese screens based in Europe, feels that clients interested in this material must inevitably pay him a visit. S. Marchant & Son will be showing pieces from their Recent Acquisitions catalogue, a highlight being a Qianlong large pentagonal cloisonné basin decorated with five white cranes from the collection of Juan Jose Amezaga, purchased by him in 1984 in Monaco. Included also will be examples of the Qing imperial porcelains for which the gallery is renowned, such as a large Kangxi yellow-glazed bowl formerly in the collection of Edward T. Hall, as well as a range of famille-verte and blue-and-white. A few fine jades will also be on view. |
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Phone No.: +44 (0)20 7399 8100 Contact Email: info@grosvenorfair.co.uk Site URL: http://www.grosvenorfair.co.uk/ |
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