Editor’s picks | | | Huang Yongyu began his artistic apprenticeship as a 12-year-old working in Chinese porcelain workshops, and he was still painting in the weeks before his death, aged 98, in 2023. The Ponte Vecchio Bridge, painted during a six-month European tour in 1990, presents the Florentine landmark in a new and utterly beguiling light, with its illuminated shops reflected at dusk in the waters of the Arno Estimate: HK$1,200,000-1,800,000 1 May, Hong Kong | | | | | | This rare limited-edition Faubourg Tropical Birkin 35, from 2022, uses a jungle design introduced a year earlier in Hermès scarves. Crafted from white swift leather and Toile de Camp canvas, it is decorated with images of lush foliage and wildlife — including long-tailed monkeys, and a leopard lounging on a branch — all deftly hand-embroidered in Lunéville stitching for added texture Estimate: €32,000-38,000 until 29 April, Online | | | | | | The Emirati artist Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim painted Sitting Man in 2010. Boldly coloured and unconventionally framed to omit the subject’s head, it is one of a series of similar works derived from a photograph of his mentor and friend, Hassan Sharif. The two were part of a pioneering group of conceptual artists who emerged from the UAE in the late 1980s Estimate: $10,000-15,000 24 April to 8 May, Online | | | | | | These two Chinese famille rose ‘peach and bat’ dishes date from the reign of Yongzheng (1723-1735). There are five peaches on the inside of each, and a further three on the outer edge, making a total of eight, a lucky number. The bats in flight are also auspiciously numbered, with three in the dish and two outside, representing wufu — the ‘five blessings’ Estimate: HK$2,400,000-3,800,000 2 May, Hong Kong | | | | | | |
