Masterpiece London, A Summer Spectacle Of Art And Antiques

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
May 29th 2010 at 7:01PM

Last year we learned that London's 75-year-old Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair was no more. Antiques show Masterpiece Fair 2010 London provides a new place to appreciate art and antiques. The fair will take place at the former Chelsea Barracks from June 24-29 2010 and combines fine and decorative art with premium collectors' items. Joining the established founders of Mallett, Ronald Phillips, Apter-Fredericks and Asprey will be 113 exhibitors from around the world, including S.J. Phillips, Linley, Agnew's, Tomasso Brothers, Dickinson, Holland & Holland, Louis XIII and Andrew Bruce & Bordeaux Index.

London's Le Caprice will have a full restaurant on site. Fiskens will be exhibiting an Aston Martin DB4 GT and Coys is offering a £3 million 1932 Bugatti. Jewels and vintage watches, rare books as well as a wide selection of paintings will also be on display.

Thomas Woodham-Smith, Chairman of Masterpiece London, comments: "As June approaches, we are delighted to divulge some of the key highlights that will make Masterpiece London such an exciting and innovative event. Whether you are an established collector or just have an eye for the aesthetic, the Fair will offer an unrivalled array of pieces united by an excellence which lies at the very heart of Masterpiece London."

Check out some of the offerings after the jump.

[via Art Fix Daily]

A pair of Chinese export porcelain saucer tureeens, Quianlong exhibited by J. Andrade Antiques.

A late 18th century giltwood Portuguese mirror attributed to Luigi Chiari, Oporto ( 1,70 X 0,82 m).Alfredo Guimarães Collection, Lisbon. Exhibited by J. Andrade Antiques.

FRANCIS SMITH (1881/1961)
"La sortie des bureaux".
Signed and dated 1959
Oil on canvas (1 X 0,80 m)
Exhibited by J. Andrade Antiques.

Mediterranean Port at Sunset - a Capriccio
Otto Talbot, Sydney, Australia
Exhibited by Andrew Blackman Ltd.

Moonlit Estuary Seascape with a Burning Building
Otto Talbot, Sydney, Australia
Exhibited by Andrew Blackman Ltd.

An Exceptionally Rare Pair of George II Burr Walnut Armchairs
Exhibited by Apter-Fredericks Ltd

A George II Carved Mahogany Windsor Armchair, circa 1750
Exhibited by Apter-Fredericks Ltd

A Pair of George III Serpentine Mahogany Commodes, circa 1770
Exhibited by Apter-Fredericks Ltd

An eight-fold paper screen painted in ink and colour on a gold and buff ground with the bridge and willow trees at Uji. Japan Edo period 17th century
Exhibited by Gregg Baker Asian Art

A six-fold paper screen painted in ink and colour on a gold ground with take (bamboo) and yamabuki (kerria) amongst golden clouds in a river landscape. Japan Edo period 17th century
Dimensions: H. 67¾" x W. 149¼" (171cm x 379cm)
Exhibited by Gregg Baker Asian Art

A pair of furosaki paper screens painted in ink and colour on a buff and sunago (sprinkled gold) ground with a river flowing gently across both screens, with water lilies and reeds on the other.
Shijo School
Signed: Ippo.
Seals. Mori-in Keishi
Shik�-uji
Japan Edo period 19th century
Dimensions: H. 24¾" x W. 73¼" (63cm x 186cm)
Exhibited by Gregg Baker Asian Art

A rooster and hen naturalistically modeled in shibuichi the eyes inlaid in gilt with shakudo pupils.
Signed: Seijo Chu (made by Seijo)
Japan Meiji period (1868-1912)
Exhibited by Gregg Baker Art

Cabinet on stand
Teak, ebony, ivory inlaids and green dyed ivory
and other exotic woods
gilded copper ironings
Indo-Portuguese , Mughal influence , 16th / 17th cent.
h: 1080mm w: 72mm d: 41mm
Exhbited by AR PAB

The 'Wave' bracelet
Magnificent art deco multi-gem 'Wave' bracelet with a wide articulated band designed as an old European and circular-cut diamond undulating panel, set with five pierced flowers each bezel-set with a pear-shaped diamond pistil and calibre-cut black onyx stems and detail, enhanced by buff-top emerald accents, framed by calibre-cut emeralds, rubies and sapphires depicting a floral scene Rubel Freres, Paris circa 1925
5 pear-shape diamonds 4.65cts approx - (one stone SI clarity)
821 Old, brilliant and single-cut diamonds 34.27cts approx
42 buff-top rubies 5.46cts approx
232 buff-top sapphires 20.88cts approx
Exhibited by Hancock Jewelers

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