June fairs in London

Magazine Antiques, May, 2003 by Miriam Kramer

Next month six antiques fairs are being held in London. The Grosvenor House Art and Antiques Fair takes place from June 11 to 17, and this year has been redesigned by George Garter. The theme of the loan exhibition is international trade, and as usual there are works lent by members of the royal family. This year they are complemented by objects lent by the Great 12 Livery Companies of London.

The Fine Art and Antiques Fair at Olympia will beheld from June 5 to 15. Also at Olympia are the Hali Antique Carpet and Textile Art Fair and the ABA International Antiquarian Book Fair, which both take place from June 5 to 8.

Two specialist fairs, both organized by Haughton International Fairs, will be held concurrently from June 11 to 14 at the Commonwealth Centre in Kensington High Street. The first is the long-running international Ceramics Fair and Seminar, and the second is the debut of the London Asian Art Fair. A loan exhibition, entitled Porcelain for Emperors, contains objects from each emperor who ruled China from about the end of the fourteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth.

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Pear-shaped vase, Chinese, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368), Shundi period (1333-1368). Porcelain, height 12 inches. Private collection, on view at the London Asian Art Fair from June 11 to 14.