Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
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.
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.
Dish boasts Augustus the Strong provenance
18 October 2021The scene on this 19in (43cm) Yongzheng famille rose dish depicts the Daoist immortal Magu on her way to celebrate the famous peach banquet of the Queen Mother of the West, Xi Wang Mu, who rules over the garden of the peaches of longevity.
Netsuke makes a stand
18 October 2021This 7½in (19cm) Japanese wood netsuke shows the standing figure of Ashinaga with his arms outstretched.
Rare example of vases dated to a particular year
18 October 2021This pair of 12in (30cm) high meiping-shaped vases bear the year 1701, making them one of the few dated pieces of Chinese porcelain to exist.
Ming mythical beast plays the weighting game
18 October 2021This Ming period bronze weight comes in the form of a recumbent mythical beast.
Trading places: Japanese lacquer cabinet made for the Western market
18 October 2021This 17th century Japanese lacquer cabinet was made for the Western market, c.1680.
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.
From Mr Wong of Cat Street
18 October 2021Republican plaques bought at Hong Kong dealership take top price in Chinese art sale.
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.
Why collector Bohman became Bowman
18 October 2021Dawsons of Maidenhead holds an Asian sale on November 4 where this damaged 18in (46cm) famille verte yen-yen vase is guided at £200-300.
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.
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.
Provenance to Parry collection
18 October 2021The highlight of Bonhams’ Asian offering is the November 2 sale of Parry collection of Chinese art.
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.
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.
Not one but two sales in west London
18 October 2021Chiswick Auctions will hold two dedicated sales for the November season.
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.
Family values: the Ezekiel collection
18 October 2021Sotheby’s Important Chinese Art sale on November 3 includes a group of Chinese porcelains, jades and small works of art from the collection, formed by Marcus Ezekiel (1854-1927) and his son Victor (1905-76) in the first part of the 20th century.