Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Chippendale chairs spotted in Sussex
27 October 2021Given that most antique furniture at auction tends to be good value only for the buyer these days, one can perhaps understand why it occasionally does not always receive the attention it once merited from auctioneers and valuers. As a result, occasionally a special item slips through.
Previews: issue 2515
25 October 2021A selection of 15 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Martin Brothers tobacco jar and Peter Blake’s Pop Art collage are among four lots to watch
25 October 2021With estimates from £400-50,000 here are four previews of upcoming items.
Christopher Dresser jug stars in our weekly pick of five auction highlights
22 October 2021ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a Christopher Dresser electroplated jug that made 10-times estimate in Eastbourne.
A Whitefriars glass vase from the collection of an English pop impresario is among six lots to watch
18 October 2021With estimates from £400-£16,000, here are six previews of upcoming items this week.
Netsuke makes a stand
18 October 2021This 7½in (19cm) Japanese wood netsuke shows the standing figure of Ashinaga with his arms outstretched.
Daoguang famille rose ‘medallion’ bowls pledge prosperity and longevity
18 October 2021This pair of yellow-ground famille rose ‘medallion’ bowls from the Daoguang period (1830-50) have marks for Shendetang Zhi (Hall of Prudent Virtue).
From Mr Wong of Cat Street
18 October 2021Republican plaques bought at Hong Kong dealership take top price in Chinese art sale.
From the field marshal’s collection
18 October 2021This 3ft 7in x 24in (1.08m x 60cm) ink and colour on paper of mandarin ducks swimming amid lotus blooms is by Chen Zhifo (1896-1962).
Northern Song bought in Hong Kong
18 October 2021This pair of small qingbai foliate dishes from the Northern Song (960-1127) period comes with a receipt showing they were purchased by the Oxfordshire vendor for HK$16,000 from KY Fine Art in Hong Kong on June 7, 2003.
Late Chinese imperial saucer dish and Qing bow case and quiver emerge in west London
18 October 2021This piece of late Chinese imperial porcelain, a 5½in (14cm) yellow ground saucer dish with an aubergine dragon encircling the ‘flaming pearl’ to the well and four incised cranes to the underside, has a dark brown six-character mark for the Tongzhi emperor (1861-75).
AUCTION PREVIEWS: highlights from November UK sales of Chinese, Japanese and south-east Asian works of art
18 October 2021Once again the UK auction market gears up for the biggest of its two annual Asian art seasons.
Ming mythical beast plays the weighting game
18 October 2021This Ming period bronze weight comes in the form of a recumbent mythical beast.
Woodblock print sails in to south London
18 October 2021This Katsushika Hokusai woodblock print from the series Hyakunin isshu uba ga enoki (The Hundred Poems as Told by the Nurse) is titled Poem by Fujiwara No Toshiyuki Ason.
Dublin auction highlights include École des Beaux-Arts de l’Indochine work
18 October 2021The École des Beaux-Arts de l’Indochine was essentially a French art academy in Vietnam.
Frome saleroom makes debut appearance
18 October 2021New to Asian Art in London this year is the Frome saleroom Dore & Rees, now owned by Asian art specialist Lee Young.
Cockatoo perches on a Meiji vase
18 October 2021This unusual Meiji period Satsuma vase decorated in overglaze enamels and gilding, with a cockatoo perched on the branch of a flowering magnolia tree, has a gilt seal to the base for the Yabu Meizan workshop.
Japanese auctions trio to be staged by Sotheby's
18 October 2021Sotheby’s will hold three online sales of Japanese works of art that run from October 22 and close from November 2-5.
Charles I makes a return in embroidery form
18 October 2021Of such high quality that they justify the description ‘cabinet miniatures’, examples of a small group of silk and metal thread embroideries of Charles I can be seen in the V&A and Wallace Collection in London and in the New York Met.
Famille rose fish bowls in the swim of things
18 October 2021Duke’s sale in Dorchester on November 25 includes this pair of Yongzheng period (1723-35) famille rose fish bowls.