Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
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).
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.
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.
UK still holds its own despite overseas focus
01 May 2023Once the centre of the Asian art trade, and still the repository for some of the most knowledgeable dealers on the subject, the London market has weakened in recent years.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A silver-gilt bell used at George II's coronation is among five lots to watch
17 April 2023With estimates from £200, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week.
How colour influences value when it comes to Lalique glass
17 April 2023The latest dedicated sales held by one particular auction house show how the value of Lalique glass – the epitome of inter-war glamour – is determined by its colour