All gone to pot

There are many reasons that an artist’s ambitions can be thwarted, including the decision to become a teacher. Later this month, an exhibition will shine a light on talent obscured by a career in the classroom

Estimate £1,000–£15,000 Sold £13,776 A pottery charger, naively decorated with a cat, caused a stir at Roseberys’ Fine & Decorative sale earlier this summer. The English delftware was made at Brisling

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In the past 40 years, ceramics has moved firmly into fine-art territory, opening the door for huge, flamboyant vessels and installations rich in personal expression and experimentation, as Corinne Julius discovers

Hokusai’s ferocious wave and Hiroshige’s relentless downpour stole the show at a sale of ukiyo-e prints earlier in the summer

When COUNTRY LIFE’s Henry Avray Tipping spotted a 17th-century four poster languishing in a Herefordshire attic in 1911, he set off a chain of events that saw the bed leave its ancestral home and land at The Met in New York