Editor’s picks | | | A playful late work by the Portuguese artist Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, Le Chat dates from around 1986. In an allusion to the decorative façades of her native Lisbon, the work is painted on ceramic tiles; and to add a layer of complication, the subject of the piece is also a set of tiles, adorned with the image of a cat VIEW LOT  Estimate: €3,000-5,000 24 September, Paris | | | | Joseph Fröhlich was court jester to Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, and later to his successor, Augustus III. Fröhlich became a celebrity, and this Meissen porcelain figure, dated 1741, is one of many depictions of him in his Tyrolean fool’s costume, complete with comical conical hat VIEW LOT Estimate: £12,000-18,000 until 25 September, Online | | | | The Japanese port of Yokohama opened to foreigners in 1859, and Utagawa Yoshikazu was there to record their presence in colourful woodblock prints. One such is his magnificent 1861 triptych American Steamship, in which the vessel’s funnel is shown alongside one of its masts, with a cloud of smoke rising behind the sails VIEW LOT Estimate: $6,000-8,000 17 September, New York | | | | Bulgari collaborated with the architect Tadao Ando in 2021 to produce this limited-edition Octo Finissimo watch, only 160 of which were made. Set in a black ceramic case with a sandblasted finish, the dial is a deep inky blue that evokes the night sky — an impression enhanced by the addition of a gold crescent moon VIEW LOT Estimate: HK$80,000-160,000 until 24 September, Online | | | | |
