Asian Art

Japanese netsuke, Chinese porcelain, bronze sculptures, scholar's rocks, and jade carvings. Asian art at European auctions often carries Western provenance stretching back centuries: Scandinavian families who traded with the East India companies, French collectors who bought during the japonisme craze, Austrian aristocrats with a taste for chinoiserie. Houses like Aguttes, Lyon & Turnbull, Millon, and Dorotheum regularly offer serious pieces alongside more accessible entry points for new collectors. The depth of European collections continues to surprise.

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