Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Auspicious aspects of vase for sale from a private collector
01 May 2023The Asian art sale at Halls in Shrewsbury on May 11 features this 10½in (27cm) pink ground famille rose vase.
Boxwood netsuke deer among lots at Lyon & Turnbull
01 May 2023The sale of Asian art at Lyon & Turnbull in London on May 16 includes this late Edo or Meiji period boxwood netsuke of a recumbent deer signed Masakiyo.
Guanyin on hand thanks to a noted collector
01 May 2023This rare 2ft 7in (78cm) high white marble stele depicting the Buddhist goddess Guanyin predates was carved in the Northern Qi dynasty, (550-577AD), around the time of the Sutton Hoo hoard.
Spotlight on the Tomkinson collection
01 May 2023This special edition of A Japanese Collection (1898) by Michael Tomkinson (1841-1921) is one of the first 25 copies printed on Indian paper and is signed and dedicated by the author to his daughter Dora.
Wucai wine cups bring flower power
01 May 2023This pair of wucai floral wine cups have Guangxu marks and are of the period (1875-1908).
Lewis Carroll’s ‘child friends’ photographs sell to French dealer
01 May 2023A series of photographs taken by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-98) – aka Lewis Carroll – has sold for £94,400 as part of a timed online auction at Sworders.
European landscapes in view on Canton vase
01 May 2023This 14in (36cm) Qianlong mark and period Canton vase of square baluster form is painted with four oval cartouches with European rural landscape views.
Heads you win a final proof coin set bearing Queen Victoria’s portrait
01 May 2023The final proof coin set bearing Queen Victoria’s portrait was issued by the Royal Mint in two sets in 1893.
Bannermen set to fly high at auction
01 May 2023Bonhams’ flagship sale of Fine Chinese Art in Bond Street on May 18 includes a rare Qianlong period ink on silk court painting.
Transitional vase decorated with scene from literary epic
01 May 2023This 16in (41cm) blue and white sleeve vase from the Transitional period is on offer at the Bonhams Knightsbridge sale titled Asian Art on May 15.
Owned by a London connoisseur, gentleman collector and agent to Victor Rothschild
01 May 2023This pair of 10in (25cm) famille verte and ormolu vases has a provenance to Arthur Tite (1904-84), the London connoisseur, gentleman collector and agent to Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron (1910-90).
Sword makers and armourers courted a new clientele after abolition of Samurai
01 May 2023Among the most striking Japanese works of art in Chiswick Auctions’ sale is this life-size model of an eagle with wings outstretched on a gnarled branch.
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.