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"This haniwa clay model of a horse from 6th-century Japan would have been buried in a tomb on ‘a very grand scale’, explains Japanese Art specialist Mark Hinton."

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"Nic McElhatton, Chairman of Christie’s South Kensington, on his love for the small, lovingly-crafted domestic wooden objects and drinking vessels that are prized by collectors."

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"In the video above specialist Elizabeth Beaman describes how the leading American Impressionists found inspiration on a hideaway island in New England."

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"An important portfolio of images by Eugène Atget, one of the ‘founding fathers’ of modern photography, was thought to have been lost — until it was rediscovered ‘almost by chance’ among the…

Specialist Elizabeth Hammer examines superlative examples of ‘the most intimate form of Chinese traditional painting’, all with Imperial provenance — offered in New York on 15 March
 

"When he fled Paris for Tahiti in 1891, the artist described a ‘dazzling’ encounter with a landscape and way of life that changed his painting for ever — as an exceptional painting from our 28…

"Ryan Mosley once worked for the National Gallery in London — where he was disciplined for sketching the art.

‘A finished painting will probably be very different to how I’d imagined it…

"‘This object is 2,500 years old, preserved miraculously by the Egyptian desert,’ explains specialist Laetitia Delaloye, discussing a ‘beautiful’ cast of a cat, adorned, unexpectedly, with a pair…

Standing 9 inches high, the Guennol Stargazer is one of the finest and largest preserved Anatolian marble female idols of Kiliya type.

"The Guennol Stargazer is from the Chalcolithic…

"The Japanese photographer’s work spans decades and, rather than seeking to capture the magic of the decisive moment, aims to evoke ‘the infinite and the immeasurable’."

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"We catch up with the photographer behind the wheel of his car while cruising through the California suburbs after dark — looking to add to his celebrated series, Homes at Night."

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"An exclusive look inside the archives of a photographer whose sumptuous images of rock stars, supermodels and film legends encapsulated an era."

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"Mythical creatures have a long history in Chinese culture, and have been a recurring theme in artistic creation.

An ancient China, farmers and hunters explained natural and social…

"Are a few cracks acceptable? Did they really produce them in Italy? And which are the easiest to acquire? Specialist Laetitia Delaloye answers these questions and more."

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"Specialist Alan Wintermute enthuses over an historic work by Nicolas Lancret — one of the greatest early 18th-century French paintings still in private hands."

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