Events and stories coming up in the next few days

Expert charts birth of porcelain fad

The annual Bonhams' Oriental Ceramic Society Lecture will be held at Bonhams Auction House on New Bond Street, London, on Monday. Bond Street Blues: The Victorian Passion for 'Nankin' will be presented by Colin Sheaf, chairman of Bonhams UK and Asia. He will talk about the significance of a Dutch artdealing family that settled in the UK city of Hull 150 years ago and started selling Kangxi blue and white porcelain to rich British buyers.

Chinese society holding rare fundraiser

The Society for Anglo-Chinese Understanding is hosting its first fundraising event for several years, at The Swan in Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, on Tuesday. The organization hopes members and supporters will drop by to meet one another and take part in a fundraising rafle and auction of Chinese gifts. Money raised will support the George Hogg Cooperative Education Fund, which aims to advance the education of Chinese people about Britain and increase understanding of China among Britons. The society was established in 1965.

Future of Asian art mulled

The Great Britain China Centre is hosting Forecasting the Future: The Next Generation on Monday, in partnership with the Antiques Trade Gazette. Experts will explore the future of the Asian art industry and talk about buying trends. The event is set for Asia House on New Cavendish Street, London. It will be chaired by Nixi Cura, the program director at Christie's Education. Panelists will include Mark Slaats, from Littleton& Hennessy Asian Art, art consultant Hu Lichun, and Paul Ruitenbeek, from an art consultancy in Amsterdam.