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Also at 8 Duke Street, in Gallery 8, are two other Japanese specialists: Simon Pilling and the Hanga Ten gallery. Simon Pilling’s exhibition this year is called Animals & Other Stories that aims to show Japan’s long cultural traditions and continuing shared societal values, which have ensured that artistic symbolism remains a central force. Tis exhibition, with a focus on the depiction of animals in art, explores the rich poetic history that has inspired the artists’ creations. Animal motifs have always conveyed prayers and wishes – the rooster signifying kindness,


predicting good harvests,


the frog the


dragonfly denoting victory. In the modern era, artists have used animal motifs in ways that would not have been imagined in earlier times. Experimenting with the distinctive characteristics of materials and techniques,


artists have turned


Cloisonné enamel koro depicting birds and flowers, with pierced cover attributed to Hayashi Kodenji (1831-1915), unsigned, height 16.5 cm, Meiji period, circa 1900, Malcolm Fairley


Bury Street consists of Meiji-period metalwork,


Malcolm Fairley’s exhibition at 40 enamels and lacquer


(closed 11 November). It seems that 8 Duke Street is the place to go to see several individual exhibitions showing a wide range of Japanese art. Rosemary Bandini is holding an exhibition of Japanese netsuke, kiseruzutsu, lacquer and works of art at Gallery 8 Duke Street – a fully illustrated catalogue is available (closed on 11 November). Another Japanese specialist, Grace Tsumugi, is presenting recent acquisitions at the 8 Duke Street gallery that features Japanese works of art from late Edo, Meiji,


and Taisho periods (by appointment only 11 November).


sawdust and lacquer into soft coats of fur, and transformed the hard shine of pounded metal into an expression of a hawk’s daring or the elegance of a cockerel’s plumage. At Hanga Ten the theme is Te Rock and Soul of the Japanese Garden - Trough the Eyes of Our Artists (closed 11 November). Te beauty and serenity of the Japanese garden has captured an international audience for centuries and inevitably has become a recurring theme for artists. In this exhibition, the focus is on several of the gallery’s artists,


who through different


mediums of print making and painting have expressed their passion for the Japanese garden. In particular, the ‘Rocks’ of the Japanese Garden have a soul of their own and come alive in our artists’ images whether it be through the traditional rock garden or single stone lantern. Te artists represented in our exhibition include Kiyoshi Saito (1907-1997), one of the most well-known figures of woodblock printing and the forefather of the sosaku hanga movement, Kazuyuki Ohtsu (b 1935), Saito’s former pupil who went on to develop his own style of woodblock printing,


Katsunori Hamanishi


Ornamental box, kobako, entitled Gunyu (flight) by Okada Yuji (b 1948), Heisei period, 2017, plantinum and gold makie, gold and shell inlays, 15 x 15 x 11.5 cm, Simon Pilling


(b 1949), who brings brilliance through his detailed mezzotint, and Kazutoshi Sugiura (b 1938), who depicts the beauty of Japanese flowers through the intricate technique of silkscreen printing on gold leaf. Genrokuart has created a special exhibition at their host gallery, Duncan R Miller Fine Arts at 6 Bury Street, Christians in Japan. Littleton and Hennessy are presenting a range of Chinese works of art and scholar’s objects at 1 Princes Place (closed 11 November). More Chinese works of art are on show at Priestley & Ferraro, whose show this year is Te Deeper Picture:


Early Chinese Carved


Cinnabar Lacquer (closed 11 November). Simon Ray, as usual, holds an Indian and Islamic works of art exhibition at 21 King Street with the show represented in the illustrated catalogue to accompany the show (closed 11 November). Röell Fine Art from the Netherlands is presenting From Distant Shores: Export Art from South and East Asia, featuring export art from the East for the West,


David Baker, at 29 New Bond Street, 1/F, is showing recent acquisitions, including works of art from China, Korea and Japan. Berwald Fine Art is showcasing recent acquisitions, with a special focus on Chinese ceramics from the Han to the Qing (closed 11 November). Brun Fine Art showing at 38 Old Bond Street,1- 2/F,


are also showing recent


acquisitions that include ceramics, jades, bronzes and furniture from Asia. Tis year, Prahlad Bubbar’s exhibition at 33 Cork Street is Artists and Patrons: India 1600-1935 (11 November by appointment only). Eskenazi Ltd are holding a special exhibition from a private collection: Six Dynasties of Art from the Norman A Kurland Collection at their 10 Clifford Street gallery. Islamic Calligraphy: Te Rhythm of


the Pen and Te Art of the Book is the title of Sam Fogg’s exhibition, with works dating from 1200 to 1900. Te aim of the exhibition is to explore the


including furniture,


Ryoanji Stone Garden, Kyoto, by Kazuyuki Ohtsu (b 1935), woodblock print, Hanga Ten


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paintings, sculptures, silver, textiles and other works of art. A catalogue is available and the exhibition is on show at Daniel Crouch Rare Books at 4 Bury Street (closed 11 November). Chinese and Central Asian textile dealer, Jacqueline Simcox, is having a show dedicated to Chinese textiles at Stoppenbach & Delestre at 17 Ryder Street. Tis year, Runjeet Singh’s exhibition is called Iconic, showing Asian arms and armour, at 6 Ryder Street .


Chinese bed cover, Macao or Guangdon, 1680-1720, satin with coloured silk embroidery and metal wrapped threads, 292 x 207 cm, made for the Portuguese market, Röell Fine Art


Jonathan Tucker and Antonia


Tozer are presenting an important group of sculptures from India and Southeast Asia, as well as a large private collection of Himalayan art at 37 Bury Street (closed 11 November).A highlight of this year’s exhibition is a group of painted wood Burmese tigers, alongside the more than 500 Himalayan and Indian sculptures,


ritual objects, paintings,


textiles, manuscripts and utilitarian objects from a single UK collection, accumulated over the past 40 years. Online catalogue available.


LATE NIGHT OPENING MAYFAIR, BLOOMSBURY,


golden age of Islamic calligraphy and the art of the book from a great age of imperial patronage. Tis period witnessed the creation of the so- called cursive scripts, which are still the standard forms of the script to this day. Te canonisation of the perfect curvature and form of each of the letters in the Arabic alphabet came with the widespread adoption of paper and the sophisticated courtly culture which established rules and aesthetic standards for the art of calligraphy.


Illumination and in


CONNAUGHT STREET Monday 6 November, 5-9pm


David Baker Oriental Art, Berwald Oriental Art, Brun Fine Art, Prahlad Bubbar, Eskenazi Ltd, Sam Fogg, Francesca Galloway, Han Collection, Ben Janssens Oriental Art, Roger Keverne, Sydney L Moss


particular the principles of geometry and gilding created ever more sophisticated designs to decorate margins and interlinear spaces surrounding text. Tis catalogue explores the creative genius and visual power of the premier art of the Islamic world- the art of the pen. Tere are two exhibitions this year


at Francesca Galloway’s gallery in Dover Street (closed 11 November): Te Louisa Parlby Album – Watercolours from Murshidabad (1795-1807) and A Mystical Realm of Love:


Pahari


Paintings from the Eva & Konrad Seitz Collection that accompanies the book launch of the same name, also at the gallery.


Te Parlby Album comprises a selection of hitherto unknown watercolour paintings by Indian artists working at the end of the 18th


Chilong pattern oval dish, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368), or early Ming dynasty (1368-1644), 14th century Width 21.3 cm, Priestley & Ferraro


Polished stone Nandi (vrsa), Nepal, probably Kathmandu Valley, 13th/14th century, 27 x 60 cm, Jonathan Tucker Antonia Tozer


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