FURNITURE, PAINTINGS, WORKS OF ART
The auction includes three collections of oriental art from China, Japan and South East Asia, fine furniture, works of art and a fine selection of paintings from private collections
Part 1, Asian Art from the 2nd to the 20th Century 10.30 am | lots 1-321
Part 2, European Art and Oriental Carpets from the 14th to the 19th Century 3.00 pm | lots 322-690
VIEWING from Saturday 20 May to Wednesday 24 May 10 am/1 pm - 2 pm/6.30 pm (Sunday included) - Sala Bolaffi, via Cavour 17, Torino
Lot 1
A FRAGMENT OF FRIEZE WITH TWO DEITIES South-East Asia, 19th century (?)
Carved in grey stone, it shows two seated figures. The one to the left near the frame is a female with her hands folded; the one to the right is dressed in a loose samghati that leaves her right
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Starting price: € 300
Lot 2
A RELIEF WITH DETAIL OF HAND AND ROSARY South-East Asia, 12th-13th century (?)
Nicely carved in grey stone, this originally was part of a larger relief. In the fragment the fingers of a hand holding spheres of a rosary are very clear, while the rest of the surface
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Starting price: € 300
Lot 3
TWO BUDDHAMUCHALINDA Cambodia, 12th-13th century (?)
or later Carved in stone in the round, both sculptures portray the divinity seated in the dhyanasana position on the coils of the king of snakes Naga Muchalinda, whose seven heads form a protective aura around the
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Starting price: € 800
Lot 4
A DEITY HEAD Cambodia, Khmer, 12th-13th century
Carved in stone. This head is characterised by an elaborate hairdo with a large chignon at the top. The hair is held in place by a strap tied at the back, embellished on the front with a circular buckle. On wood stand.
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Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 5
AN ANTEFIX WITH OWL Cambodia, 12th-13th century
The stone is scored on the front with a dense grid on the torso and the wings. The figure has very big eyes and a beak. On wood stand. This statue is not perfectly legible, with some pieces missing especially in the face,
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Starting price: € 500
Lot 6
A TRIAD OF DEITIES Cambodia, 12th-13th century (?)
Carved in a green stone with evident intrusions of mica, the sculpture depicts a composition with the Buddha of Medicine Bhaisajyaguru in the centre seated in the dhyanasana position on the coils of Muchalinda, whose
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Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 7
A HEAD OF BUDDHA Cambodia, Khmer, style of the 12th-13th century
Carved in stone. The face is under a crown on which a geometric grid design is incised. At the centre of the head there is the ushnisha, which is also decorated with fine incisions. The longer earlobes
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Starting price: € 300
Lot 9
A MALE TORSO Cambodia, Khmer, Angkor Vat period, 12th century
Carved in grey stone, the figure is in the samabangha position, wearing only a sampot with a belt around the waist; there is a sash of cloth with double fish tail ends between the legs; the sampot is decorated
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Starting price: € 4.000
Lot 10
AN EARTHENWARE JAR WITH LEAD GLAZE IN GREEN AND AMBER
China, Ming dynasty (1368-1644) Earthenware with five ring-shaped handles on the shoulder and decorated with a lotus flower and leaves motif in relief. Two of the handles were reattached, a small crack stretches from
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Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300