Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Auction previews: issue 2492
10 May 2021A selection of 12 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Exceptional Lalique Ceylan vase stars in our pick of five auction highlights
07 May 2021ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a Lalique Ceylan pattern vase described as “simply the best” example of its kind.
Pick of the week: Sussex silver shines in Salisbury
03 May 2021The latest silver sale at Woolley & Wallis – first scheduled for November – included a collection of more than 300 lots from a deceased estate.
A painted chest from the 'untouched' contents of a Somerset country house is among five lots to watch at auction
03 May 2021With estimates from £200-6000 here are five previews of upcoming items this week.
Beastly bronze vessel
03 May 2021The sale at Roseberys London on May 18 includes this gold and silver-inlaid bronze tapir-form zun dated to the Yuan or early Ming period.
Traditional Asian art series takes place over a longer stretch this year
03 May 2021Schedules for all sorts of auction series have been shaken up by pandemic restrictions, and the Asian art sales reflect this – but plenty is still on offer at the upcoming series
Auction previews: issue 2491
03 May 2021A selection of 14 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Elephant ride can bring good fortune at Chiswick sale
03 May 2021Chiswick Auctions conducts two sales on June 1-2: the usual Asian Art sale, plus a themed sale called Chinese Art: 100 Stories.
Satsuma bowl sold by Blow
03 May 2021The May 11-14 auction at Adam Partridge will feature the last 40 lots of Meiji period Satsuma from a noted Worcestershire collection.
Qianlong vase from English collection offered at Sotheby’s
03 May 2021Sotheby’s sale of Chinese art on May 12 includes this Qianlong mark and period celadon ground famille rose decorated bottle vase.
Buddhist goddess takes a lotus position
03 May 2021This 19th century thangka depicts the Buddhist goddess Tara seated in lalitasana on a lotus growing from a lake a pond, a padma in each hand.
Bureau sets second-highest Mouseman result at auction
03 May 2021Morphets (20% buyer’s premium) of Harrogate sold a Mouseman bureau for a tub-thumping £36,000 on April 15.
Canton complete with the hongs
03 May 2021Bonhams conducts a general sale of Asian art in Knightsbridge on May 10.
Bible cover boasts Mary Queen of Scots connection
03 May 2021A Mitchells (22% buyer’s premium) sale included selected contents from Greystoke Castle near Penrith – home to the Howard family for over 500 years.
Jewell of a vase at Lyon & Turnbull
03 May 2021Lyon & Turnbull’s May 14 sale in London includes this flambe glazed pear-shaped bottle vase that carries a Qianlong mark and may be of the period.
Anglo-Japanese wall cabinet stars in our weekly pick of five auction highlights
30 April 2021ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a wall cabinet designed by EW Godwin that made over double estimate in Edinburgh.
Dr John C Taylor clocks collection up for sale
26 April 2021Perhaps the finest assemblage of English clocks in private hands goes on sale in the summer at Winchester dealership Carter Marsh.
Cash in the attic – and cellars
26 April 2021The sale of the contents of the attics and cellars at Dunrobin Castle, family seat of the Earls of Sutherland, was held at Bonhams Edinburgh on April 20.
An Edwardian Arts & Crafts silver cup and a costume design for Rudolf Nureyev are among six lots to watch at auction
26 April 2021With estimates from £150-10,000 here are six previews of upcoming items this week.
Beatrix Potter pottery by Grimwade’s
26 April 2021Not to be confused with the modern Peter Rabbit series by Wedgwood, much scarcer teawares were made by the Grimwade’s factory in the 1920s.