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
Lot 11
TWO GU-SHAPED ARCHAISTIC VASES China, 20th century
Bronze with green patina. Both assembled as lamps with central pin. The decoration is moulded with archaic-inspired motifs: taotie and leiwen. Bronzes in excellent condition, with wooden bases partially missing and
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Starting price: € 300
Lot 12
TWO VASES WITH ARCHAISTIC HANDLES China, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century
Glazed earthenware. Two lion-head studs are stamped onto the shoulder of the flambé vase, while the black vase has a series of ring handles fixed on the shoulder and belly. The neck of the black
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Starting price: € 300
Lot 13
A PAIR OF MONUMENTAL BALUSTER VASES WITH APOCRYPHAL JIAQING REIGN MARK China, Jingdezhen (Jiangxi), 20th century
Porcelain with doucai decoration, cobalt blue under the glaze and polychrome enamel over the glaze. Waves at the base, dragons with five claws and phoenixes
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Starting price: € 600
Lot 14
A LARGE VASE WITH CÉLADON GLAZE, PAINTED IN BLUE AND WHITE China, Qing dynasty, 19th century
Porcelain with two side handles and decorated with cobalt blue and white only on one side. Height 16.77 in., diameter at rim 7.09 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Estimate : € 300 - 600
Lot 15
A PAIR OF EXPORT VASES IN FAMILLE ROSE ON CAFÉ-AU-LAIT BACKGROUND China, Qing dynasty, late 18th century
“Trumpet-shaped” porcelain with a cylindrical body that flares open at the top and bottom. White inside. Typical decoration of the so-called “Batavian” porcelain,
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Starting price: € 400
Lot 16
A “PHOENIX TAIL” VASE DECORATED IN BLUE AND WHITE China, 20th century
Porcelain decorated in cobalt blue under the glaze. Unfinished base, unmarked. On one side a bird is perched on a rock, surrounded by flowers. On the other side, a butterfly flutters over a bouquet of
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Starting price: € 200
Lot 17
A GROUP OF THREE VASES WITH MONOCHROMATIC GLAZING
China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911) and later Glazed ceramic, two are glazed in turquoise, the third in “peacock feather” blue. One of the vases wears a gilded metal mount. Decorated with moulded grapevine leaves,
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Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 18
A TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER DECORATED WITH FLORAL PATTERNS AND A FOO DOG ON THE LID
Japan, Satsuma kilns, Meiji period (1868-1912) White stoneware with crackled ivory-coloured glaze and polychrome and gold enamel painted over the glaze. The shape derives from antique Chinese
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Starting price: € 800
Lot 19
NANDI India, Deccan, 18th century
The bull, mythical mount of Shiva, the most important goddess of Hinduism, is portrayed here in gilded bronze, crouching on a rectangular plinth. On the back is a cylinder that perhaps was used to hold a stick of ink. Height 3.15 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 20
TWO SETS WITH DEITIES India, Deccan, 19th century
Bronze, one portrays Khandoba without his horse, with a sword in his right hand and his tiny wife in his left one. The other represents a divinity seated on a pedestal and surrounded by four faithful followers. Height
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Starting price: € 250
Lot 21
VISHNU AND ATTENDANT Southern India, 19th century
Bronze with patina, the altar consists of three pieces, or the square base sustained by four feet, the arch, and the main figure. In the centre Vishnu has four arms, accompanied below by another divinity, probably Garuda.
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Starting price: € 400
Lot 22
A SET OF FOUR FIGURES Thailand, Rattanakosin period, 19th century
All in gilded and lacquered bronze. One portrays the Buddha seated in the dyhanasana position on a plinth with three steps, decorated with jewels and wearing a monumental ushnisha. The second is a female
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Starting price: € 400
Lot 23
BUDDHA Thailand, Lanna period, 16th century
Bronze, lacquered and gilded, portraying the deity seated in sattvasana, with his right hand in bhumisparsha mudra.
Starting price: € 1.500
Lot 24
TWO SCULPTURES Thailand, Rattanakosin period, 19th century
Bronze, these figures both represent a mythological animal with four legs. On is being ridden, while the other has a human figure in front of it. Height 2.75 in. and 3.94 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 25
AVALOKITESHVARA Cambodia, 13th-14th century
Bronze, this statue portrays the divinity standing on a circular base in the samabangha position, wearing a sampot tied at the waist with a wide belt with a circular buckle. The dress drapes gracefully down the legs. The hair
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Starting price: € 800