Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
'Heavenly' globe vase at Dreweatts
02 May 2022This 2ft (60cm) tianqiuping or ‘heavenly globe vase’ is seemingly the only one known with this decoration.
Kinkozan set
02 May 2022McTear’s in Glasgow conducts an Asian Art sale on June 10 where a set of 11 Satsuma plates is guided at £1000-2000.
Canadian ‘Black Battalion’ memento sells at Dix Noonan Webb
02 May 2022A medal awarded to a member of the only Canadian battalion composed of black soldiers to serve in the First World War has sold in a London auction.
Polish and Poise
02 May 2022Bonhams holds a sale titled Polish and Poise: Japanese Art Through the Centuries sale at New Bond Street on May 12.
Dragon bowl from collection of Admiral Robert Coote emerges
02 May 2022This Jiajing (1525-66) mark and period wucai dragon bowl will be offered for sale at Woolley & Wallis in Salisbury on May 17.
Chinese export service still in the family since c.1755
02 May 2022Dreweatts’ May 18 sale of Chinese ceramics and works of art includes a 42-piece Chinese export part service which has been in the same family since purchase in c.1755.
Kendall carved out a reputation for quality
02 May 2022This large oak Orientalist carving, 'Eastern Slave Girl', is by the Victorian woodcarver Thomas Henry Kendall.
Qianlong-marked tazza at Roseberys
02 May 2022These are three views of a famille rose ‘flowers and wufu’ tazza that has an estimate of £8000-12,000.
Lacquer discovery at Bonhams
02 May 2022This 14th century cinnabar lacquer dish measuring almost 14in (35cm) across was acquired in Shanghai by the father of the present owner in the 1930s.
Anti-slavery glass stars in our pick of five auction highlights sold this week
29 April 2022ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a rare anti-slavery glass rummer that went 20-times above estimate in Salisbury.
Bidding with abandon for Foucou’s Ariadne
25 April 2022An 18th century marble statuette with an extensive provenance emerged at a recent Nottingham auction.
Procter’s eyewitness account of Dunkirk, 1918
25 April 2022A previously lost First World War work by the Newlyn artist Ernest Procter (1886-1935) comes to auction this week.
Mickey and Minnie race into pole position
25 April 2022The Mickey and Minnie motorcycle made by Tippco, c.1932, is the most desirable of the German tinplate clockwork toys from this period.
A Patek Philippe gold watch and a Westminster Abbey skeleton clock are among five lots to watch this week
25 April 2022With estimates from £600-5000, here are five previews of upcoming items.
Treen that’s all it’s cracked up to be
25 April 2022A Queen Anne treen nutcracker proved popular at auction.
Previews: issue 2540
25 April 2022A selection of 10 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Indian pieces including jewellery owned by the mother of the Maharajah Duleep Singh attract bids at Bonhams
25 April 2022The Islamic and Indian Art sale at Bonhams (27.5/25/20/14.5% buyer’s premium) on March 29 was topped by a diamond and emerald set gold pendant from the collection of Maharani Jindan Kaur (1817-63).
Judge Gary’s celebrated service creates a stir
25 April 2022The March 30-31 sale at Bellmans (22% buyer’s premium) in Wisborough Green included three pieces from the Royal Crown Derby Judge Gary service.
Seven-foot pole club stretches well beyond estimate to £38,000
25 April 2022Carved from the heart of the toa or ironwood tree, long pole clubs with scalloped blades (akatara) are associated with Rarotonga and Atiu on the Cook Islands.
Probable souvenir of earl’s Grand Tour at Summers Place Auctions
25 April 2022Estimated at £25,000-40,000, this 15th century Istrian marble wellhead in the late Gothic style sold for £110,000 at Summers Place Auctions (25/20% buyer’s premium) in West Sussex on March 29.