Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
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.
Provenance to Parry collection
18 October 2021The highlight of Bonhams’ Asian offering is the November 2 sale of Parry collection of Chinese art.
Java bronze depicts a figure of wisdom
18 October 2021Matthew Barton’s European and Asian Works of Art sale at Olympia Auctions on November 24-25 includes this 4in (10cm) bronze figure of Manjusri, the bodhisattva associated with prajna (wisdom) made in Java (Indonesia) in the 10th century.
Maori pendant boosted by fine notable provenance
18 October 2021A Maori hei-tiki pendant offered in Cheltenham on September 16 had an old paper label verso stating that it originally belonged to Makoare Te Taonui.
Geometric furnishing fabric
18 October 2021Chinese textiles specialist Jacqueline Simcox is selling this 15th century Chinese silk brocade geometric panel, priced at £20,000.