Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Walden’s prancing horse
23 October 2023Duke’s Asian Art sale in Dorchester on November 29 features works from the family of the late John Walden, an active member of the Oriental Ceramic Society from the 1950s.
Chinese and Japanese art makes Olympia sale debut
23 October 2023The first stand-alone Chinese and Japanese Works of Art sale at Olympia Auctions in London on November 8 includes this pair of Yongzheng period famille-rose fishbowls on European giltwood stands estimated at £40,000-60,000.
All you need is light: a Beatles table lamp
23 October 2023This kitschy Beatles table lamp discovered in a house clearance sold for an impressive £950 (estimate £100-150) on September 14.
The beast of the Tang
23 October 2023Despite the proliferation of pottery horse sculptures from the Tang period, they were (by imperial edict) reserved for the aristocratic class.
Elephants at the Qing court
23 October 2023Bonhams’ general Asian art sale in Knightsbridge on October 30 includes this late 18th century hardstone, mother-of-pearl and lacquer table screen.
‘Dragon’ bowls from the China trade
23 October 2023This pair of yellow ground and green enamelled ‘dragon’ bowls have Qianlong six-character marks and are of the period.
Shou Loa with provenance
23 October 2023The November 6-7 Asian Art sale at Chiswick Auctions includes this Song dynasty ding ware pottery figure of Shou Loa, god of longevity.
A Transitional moment in a collector’s life
23 October 2023This autumn, as he refines his collecting impulses, Anthony Lovett is selling pieces from his collection of Kangxi porcelain
Vase bought in Shanghai 1933
23 October 2023This Jin dynasty Cizhou-type double gourd vase comes for sale at Mallams in Cheltenham on November 8 with an estimate of £2000-3000.
Louis Wain fans get claws into his ceramic cats
23 October 2023Futurist and Cubist feline design figures higly in an extensive single-owner collection of ceramics
Lawrence jades lead five-star Salisbury series
23 October 2023Woolley & Wallis will offer five catalogues this November – including two named single-owner sales.
Pair of chairs record toppled twice in same Rothschild sale
23 October 2023The auction record for a pair of chairs was broken twice as part of Christie’s Rothschild family auction series in New York.
Wassail bowl hailed at a healthy five figures
23 October 2023Wassailing ceremonies on important feast days were a legacy of Anglo-Saxon culture.
Sanggam from the Goryeo
23 October 2023This Korean slip-inlaid (sanggam) celadon-glazed cup stand dates from the 13th century and the height of the Goryeo dynasty (918-1392).
Bottle Crash in Somerset
23 October 2023Shozo Shimamoto (1928-2013) was a founding member of the Gutai movement that looked for new ways to apply paint to a canvas.
Shop early for a Cadbury’s enamel sign
23 October 2023Cecil Aldin (1870-1935) was best known for his portraits of dogs and other animals, but romanticised village and hunting scenes were also very popular.
Pick of the week: Museum steps in to buy Blessington Commode
16 October 2023An important piece of Irish marquetry furniture scheduled to sell in County Louth last week was withdrawn from sale at the 11th hour after a deal was struck with the National Museum of Ireland.
Wartski uncovers famous Fabergé design for Royal brooch
16 October 2023The original workshop drawing for a Fabergé jewel in the Royal Collection has been found in the Wartski archive.
Cedric Morris allegorical work from 1938 comes to auction
16 October 2023An allegorical bird and flower oil painted by the artist-plantsman Cedric Morris (1889-1982) in the shadow of the Second World War comes to auction this month.