Auction introduction: Sotheby’s September Important Picasso Ceramics sale surveys the artist’s inventive and elaborate editioned works in clay. Open for bidding from 21–27 September, the auction includes fanciful ceramics created by the artist in collaboration with the Madoura Pottery Atelier. Altogether the works on offer shed light on Picasso’s fruitful years in Southern France, featuring playful and important subjects which are sure to appeal to both first-time buyers and established collectors.