Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
US design formed latest type of telegraph tech
01 May 2023This rare US patent model, offered for sale by German ‘technical antiques’ specialist Auction Team Breker (21.8% buyer’s premium), aimed to change the way messages were passed via the telegraph in the mid 19th century.
Items from auctioneer Whitfield's collection come for sale
01 May 2023The Asian & Islamic Art sale at Mallams in Cheltenham on May 24 includes items from the collection of auctioneer Paul Whitfield (1942–2018).
Dr Wou Kiuan Collection takes a journey through history
01 May 2023Sotheby’s conducts a timed online sale from May 10-17 titled A Journey Through China’s History: The Dr Wou Kiuan Collection.
Drug jar was designed for the Western market
01 May 2023This blue and white drug jar was made in Edo period Japan, c.1650, for the Western market.
Leafy branch with chestnuts left Tokyo in 1968
01 May 2023This lacquer painting on lacquered paper, a study of a leafy branch with chestnuts, is signed by Shibata Zeshin (1807-91).
Carp with crashing waves swim into Bath auction
01 May 2023The sale at Ma San in Bath on May 4 includes this Japanese double gourd carp vase by Makuzu Kozan (1842-1916).
Tureens on offer from a huge service
01 May 2023The May 18 sale of Jewellery, Watches & Silver at Dawsons includes a pair of silver sauce tureens by William Bateman for Rundell, Bridge & Co, London 1837.
Japanese desk and box could be the write stuff to buy
01 May 2023Bonhams is conducting a sale on May 18 titled Samurai Beauties and Townsmen: Japanese Art in Peace and War.
Xuande ‘pomegranate’ box and cover displays imperial appeal
01 May 2023Dreweatts’ sale on May 17-18 includes a very rare Xuande (1426-35) mark and period cloisonné ‘pomegranate’ box and cover.
Ming ritual water vessel offered at Chiswick Auctions
01 May 2023The sale of Asian Art at Chiswick Auctions on May 19 is led by this rare example of Ming dynasty cloisonné.
Pressing engagement in Essex
01 May 2023The oshi-e technique, meaning ‘pressed picture’, involves folding and pressing scraps of fabric, such as kimono cloth, and washi paper to create an image.
Lotus and chrysanthemum set to blossom
01 May 2023Roseberys’ Chinese, Japanese & South East Asian Art sale on May 16-17 runs to over 1000 lots and includes two private collections.
A John Aldridge Great Bardfield picture is among five lots to watch
24 April 2023With estimates from £150, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week.
Rice wine pots come to Europe
24 April 2023While probably not made specifically for export, Chinese silver rice wine pots had arrived in Europe as early as the late 17th century.
Special allure of provincial silver
24 April 2023Objects from Norwich, York, Ireland and Newcastle in recent sales give a snapshot of the market
Jugs owned by a gambling man worth a punt at auction
24 April 2023This pair of silver-mounted frosted glass claret jugs has marks for James Samuel Hunt and London, 1844.
Reverse appeal reflects export mirror’s condition
17 April 2023This 18th century Chinese export reverse-painted mirror in a period gilt frame took a five-figure sum at auction.
Pick of the week: Mosaic for the Bloomsbury set in demand at Berkshire auction
17 April 2023Boris Vasilyevich Anrep (1883-1969), a Russian who lived and worked for most of his life in Britain, is not well known today.
On the origin of the ‘survival of the fittest’ comes to London auction
17 April 2023This copy of 'The Study of Sociology' by Herbert Spencer is a first edition from 1875 in original cloth.