A WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY DWARF BOOKCASE,

Recommended features

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  • A new collector’s guide to Japanese lacquer

    Lacquer has been used in Japanese art for millennia. Our Head of Japanese Art, Anastasia von Seibold, explains how to start your collection

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  • A guide to suzani textiles

    ​​Christie’s Islamic Art specialist Xavier Fournier explains all you need to know about these exquisite embroidered panels​

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  • Collecting guide: Sèvres porcelain

    The story of the French factory founded in the 18th century, from evolutions in style to the monarchs who gladly waited years for their commissions to be created

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  • ‘Radical and innovative’ — the gorgeous glass of Carlo Scarpa

    Carlo Scarpa took the traditions of Venetian glassblowing and created some of the 20th century’s most innovative designs

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  • Studio visit: Jin Meyerson

    In conversation with the Korean-American artist, whose recent painting The Evolution of Perception will be offered at Christie’s in Hong Kong on 25 November

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  • Collecting guide: Chinese celadon ware ceramics

    As this 1,000-year-old Ru tea bowl comes to auction in Hong Kong, we look at the evolution of the grey-green ware from Yue to Yaozhou to Ru