Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Traditional Asian art series takes place over a longer stretch this year
03 May 2021Schedules for all sorts of auction series have been shaken up by pandemic restrictions, and the Asian art sales reflect this – but plenty is still on offer at the upcoming series
Bureau sets second-highest Mouseman result at auction
03 May 2021Morphets (20% buyer’s premium) of Harrogate sold a Mouseman bureau for a tub-thumping £36,000 on April 15.
Bible cover boasts Mary Queen of Scots connection
03 May 2021A Mitchells (22% buyer’s premium) sale included selected contents from Greystoke Castle near Penrith – home to the Howard family for over 500 years.
Beastly bronze vessel
03 May 2021The sale at Roseberys London on May 18 includes this gold and silver-inlaid bronze tapir-form zun dated to the Yuan or early Ming period.
Elephant ride can bring good fortune at Chiswick sale
03 May 2021Chiswick Auctions conducts two sales on June 1-2: the usual Asian Art sale, plus a themed sale called Chinese Art: 100 Stories.
Qianlong vase from English collection offered at Sotheby’s
03 May 2021Sotheby’s sale of Chinese art on May 12 includes this Qianlong mark and period celadon ground famille rose decorated bottle vase.
Buddhist goddess takes a lotus position
03 May 2021This 19th century thangka depicts the Buddhist goddess Tara seated in lalitasana on a lotus growing from a lake a pond, a padma in each hand.
Anglo-Japanese wall cabinet stars in our weekly pick of five auction highlights
30 April 2021ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a wall cabinet designed by EW Godwin that made over double estimate in Edinburgh.
Dr John C Taylor clocks collection up for sale
26 April 2021Perhaps the finest assemblage of English clocks in private hands goes on sale in the summer at Winchester dealership Carter Marsh.
An Edwardian Arts & Crafts silver cup and a costume design for Rudolf Nureyev are among six lots to watch at auction
26 April 2021With estimates from £150-10,000 here are six previews of upcoming items this week.
Cash in the attic – and cellars
26 April 2021The sale of the contents of the attics and cellars at Dunrobin Castle, family seat of the Earls of Sutherland, was held at Bonhams Edinburgh on April 20.
Fussy time-keeper at auction, then an idiosyncratic dealer
26 April 2021South London auction house Roseberys (25% buyer’s premium) was instructed to sell the collection of Herbert Kennard on March 26.
Beatrix Potter pottery by Grimwade’s
26 April 2021Not to be confused with the modern Peter Rabbit series by Wedgwood, much scarcer teawares were made by the Grimwade’s factory in the 1920s.
Renowned Pre-Raphaelite beauty caught on camera
26 April 2021Original photographs of a well-known Pre-Raphaelite beauty – the muse of William Holman Hunt and the mother of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell – sold for £2600 at Sworders (25% buyer’s premium).
Opium smoker automaton gets high result
26 April 2021Estimated at just £100-200, a rare automaton of a stereotypical Chinaman smoking an opium pipe sold for £7400 at McTear’s (24% buyer’s premium).
Auction previews: issue 2490
26 April 2021A selection of 16 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Unique Mouseman bureau stars in our weekly pick of five auction highlights
23 April 2021ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a purpose-built bureau that tripled its estimate in Yorkshire and made the second-highest ever price for a piece of Mouseman.
John Cowburn’s Liverpool jug now worth £7400
19 April 2021A documentary 18th century blue and white porcelain jug emerged for sale at an auction held by Warren & Wignall in Leyland, Lancashire.
A 'Japonaise' mantel clock and a Rex Whistler illustration are among six lots to watch at auction
19 April 2021With estimates from £500-120,000 here are six previews of upcoming items this week.
Bailey design brings big price for Aynsley service
19 April 2021The best known of the decorators who worked at Aynsley in the 20th century is the flower painter Joseph A Bailey.