Christie's London has announced the return of its regular Fine Asian Art sale, set for November 6 with roughly 150 works carrying estimates from £1,000 to £350,000. The sale ranges across Chinese ceramics, works of art and paintings; Himalayan, Indian and Southeast Asian Buddhist art; and Japanese art, with a public preview from October 31 to November 5. The new format builds on the success of May's Flacks Family Collection II: Curtain Call. More than 90 Chinese works anchor the sale, led by a 17th-century trestle-leg table from the collection Centuries of Taste: Legacy of a Private Collection (estimate £250,000–350,000) and distinguished huanghuali furniture, including a 17th/18th-century demountable square table and a pair of carved marble drum stools. Forty-five works come from the Muwen Tang Collection of Song ceramics, among them a Ding white-glazed 'dragon' ewer and cover. A rare large blue-and-white 'dragon' dish of the Yongzheng period (1723–1735), from the estate of Sir John Keswick and Clare, Lady Keswick, is estimated at £150,000–200,000, as are a pair of very large archaic bronze jian vessels from the Spring and Autumn period. Indian highlights are led by a circa-11th-century marble figure of Sarasundari from Western India, coming to market for the first time in more than half a century (£60,000–80,000). Contemporary Chinese art is represented by Liu Dan's Dongtian Ying Rock of the Xiaogushan Hall (£120,000–220,000), a hyper-realist scholar's-rock study by the artist who calls such rocks 'the stem cells of Chinese landscape.' The Japanese section centres on some 25 lacquer works — inro, trompe-l'œil sword fittings and boxes — assembled by the noted collector Edward A. ('Ted') Wrangham (1928–2009). The majority of his collection was dispersed across six landmark London auctions between 2010 and 2015, but this personal selection was retained by his widow and is appearing at market for the first time, led by a black-lacquer five-case inro by Shunsho Kagemasa (£8,000–12,000).