Editor’s picks | | | Calypso Lamenting the Departure of Ulysses is an oil painting on copper by the 18th-century Swiss artist Angelica Kauffman. It depicts the moment in Homer’s Odyssey when Ulysses leaves the island of Ogygia, having been detained there for seven years by the nymph Calypso. Her sorrow as the hero’s ship sails towards the horizon is delicately conveyed Estimate: £15,000-20,000 4 December, London | | | | | | Lin Hukui, born in China’s Guangdong province in 1945, is famed for his images of wildlife, from insects and fish to monkeys and tigers. Dancing Cranes is a particularly vivid and expressive work, showing an energetic flock of birds in a winter landscape, strutting and fluttering by the side of a lake, their every movement reflected in the still water Estimate: HK$260,000-350,000 28 November, Hong Kong | | | | | | Produced by the Antinori family, winemakers for 600 years, Tignanello was one of the first ‘Super Tuscans’ — wines from Tuscany that used non-traditional grape varieties such as Merlot and Cabernet to create exceptional blends. Tignanello, Toscana 2016, offered here in a 600cl imperial, is an outstanding example, with notes of fruit, spices, coffee and herbs Estimate: £1,100-2,200 26 & 27 November, London | | | | | | The Hungarian artist Joseph Csáky moved from Budapest to Paris in 1908, becoming an important avant-garde sculptor and an early proponent of Cubism. He is best known for works in bronze, so his Interior with a table, a lively watercolour packed with pattern and detail, offers a rare opportunity to appreciate his love of colour Estimate: €3,000-5,000 4 December, Paris | | | | | | |
