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 201
A WICKER HEADREST WRAPPED WITH FABRIC AND LACQUERED, AND A WOODEN TRAY WITH MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAYS China, Qing dynasty, 19th century
and later The headrest is painted with black lacquer on a brown background. Is painted with black lacquer on a brown background with
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Starting price: € 200
Lot 202
A CORNER CABINET IN “CHINESE STYLE” LACQUERED AND GILDED WOOD Piedmont (Italy), 19th century
Wood painted and decorated in “western coromandel” style in black and yellow on two rounded doors lacquered in dark green. The decoration focuses on two scenes typical of
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Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 203
A PAIR OF PANELS IN CHINOISERIE Northern Italy, late 18th-19th
Century Pair of wooden panels, mounted on a wood frame and painted in gold on a red lacquer background (some outlines in black). Back undecorated. Various cracks along the inner part of the frame. A seasoning
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Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 204
A PAIR OF PANELS IN CHINOISERIE Piedmont (Italy), second half of the 18th century
Pair of wooden panels, mounted on a wood frame and painted in black and gold on a red lacquer background. Back undecorated. Various cracks along the inner part of the frame. Seasoning
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Starting price: € 700 | Sold for : € 950
Lot 205
TWO PANELS WITH CHINESE WALLPAPER Southern China, second half of the 18th century
Gouache on paper, recently canvassed, recently re-canvassed and mounted on a wooden frame. Various restorations and integrations, old joining of a 9.45-11 in. strip of paper at the top.
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Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 206
A PANEL WITH WALL PAPER PAINTED IN CHINESE STYLE
Northern Italy, late 19th Century Gouache on paper on framed canvas. Typical pattern of European chinoiserie, with exotic personages, adults and children, who are enjoying flying kites in a idyllic setting. Central joints
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Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 207
A LARGE PANEL WITH CHINESE WALLPAPER
Southern China, Guangdong province, late 18th-early 19th Century Gouache on paper on framed thin canvas. The skillfully painted scenario contains all the elements of the genre of leisure in an exotic setting, very popular with
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Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 3.400
Lot 208
A CANVASSED WALLPAPER AND FRAGMENT OF WALLPAPER Southern China, late 18th century
Ink and gouache on paper canvassed on cotton. The larger piece is in good condition with a few restorations. Not mounted on a frame. The fragment has some holes and tears in the paper and
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Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 1.800
Lot 209
A PAINTING India, Orissa (?), 19th century
Painted in ink and colour on canvas, this painting depicts a Sanskrit character inside a ring where another inscription in Sanskrit can be found. Framed with a protective glass. 25.19 x 23.23 in. This is a devotional image of
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Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 210
THREE MINIATURE PAGES Thailand, Rattanakosin period, 19th century
Painted with ink and colour on paper, they have a central text flanked by illustrations of a religious nature. Frames with a protective glass. 10.63 x 27.16 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 211
A PAINTING WITH MANDALA AND DIVINITY India, 19th century
This painting uses bright colours to depict three mandalas arranged one next to the other; below there are seven divinities, each one seated on a circular base. Framed with a protective glass. 15.16 x 28.74 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 212
A HANDSCROLL WITH SIXTEEN EROTIC ILLUSTRATIONS China, Qing dynasty, mid-19th century
Each individual scene is painted in ink and colours on silk, inserted into overall passe-partout in silk and mounted on paper (recent backing). Silk darkened and with some stains due to
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Starting price: € 2.000 | Sold for : € 2.000
Lot 213
A PAIR OF LARGE HANGING SCROLLS WITH SCENES OF LITERATI ON A BOATING EXCURSION China, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century
Ink and colour on silk, mounted with a passe-partout in silk on paper. One of the cylindrical dowels is in bone, the other is in wood. Inscription in the
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Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 2.200
Lot 214
A LARGE HANGING SCROLL WITH SCENE OF FISHERMAN WITH CHILD
China, Qing dynasty, 18th Century Ink with very few accents in red on silk, mounted with a passe-partout in silk on a paper backing. The silk is very darkened and torn in various points, but a relatively recent
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Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 3.000
Lot 215
FIVE HANGING SCROLLS OF NATURALIST SUBJECTS China, 19th century
and later Ink and colour on paper and silk canvassed on silk and mounted in a scroll. Abrasions, folds, and some pieces missing. The painting with the landscape on silk is to be restored. Belonging to the
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Starting price: € 1.800 | Sold for : € 2.400
Lot 216
FIVE HANGING SCROLLS OF RELIGIOUS SUBJECTS China, 19th-20th century
Ink and colour on paper and silk canvassed on silk and mounted in a scroll. The subjects depicted are deities, mostly belonging to the Daoist pantheon: one roll illustrates a scene of divine judgment,
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Starting price: € 2.000 | Sold for : € 2.000
Lot 217
A HANGING SCROLL WITH THE CHARACTER CHUN (“SPRING”) AND A HANGING SCROLL WITH CURSIVE CALLIGRAPHY
China (and Japan?), 20th Century Both ink on paper with passe-partout in silk mounted on silk. The roll with single character has three seals, the roll with cursive writing
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Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 218
A PAIR OF HANGING SCROLLS WITH INSCRIPTIONS WISHING GOOD LUCK China, 20th century
Republican era (1912-1949) Ink on paper with a gold background with passe-partout in silk on paper. The two rolls are inserted together in a wooden box with carving of a well-wishing
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Starting price: € 550
Lot 219
A PAIR OF SIX PANEL SCREENS
Japan, 19th-20th Century Both have a wood structure and frame in silk with ochre background and geometric decoration. Painted in ink and colour on paper, for each scree there are three autonomous compositions, separated from each other by
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Starting price: € 3.000 | Sold for : € 3.000
Lot 220
A SIX PANEL SCREEN
Japan, Edo period, 19th Century Structure in wood and frame in silk with an ochre background and white botanical motifs. The scene, painted in ink and colours on paper, depicts a landscaped dotted with buildings, many of which are only partially
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Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.700
Lot 221
A SIX PANEL SCREEN Japan, Edo period, 18th-19th century
The structure is in wood and frame in silk. Painted in ink and soft colours on paper. The subject is a landscape. In the lower part of the composition, on the right, there is a model dwelling, near which some male
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Starting price: € 1.200 | Sold for : € 1.200
Lot 222
A SIX PANEL SCREEN Japan, Edo period, 18th-19th century
The structure is in wood and frame in silk. Painted in ink and colour on paper. The scene depicted continues without interruptions across all six panels, is set in a mountain landscape, with rocks, trees, and a
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Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.500
Lot 223
A SIX PANEL SCREEN Japan, Edo period, 18th-19th century
The structure is in wood and frame in blue silk with ornamental geometric patterns, painted in ink and colours on paper with gold leaf applied for the clouds. The landscape features a procession of ladies crossing a
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Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 2.000
Lot 224
NIJUSHI KO MITATE E AWASE (“TWENTY-FOUR EXEMPLES OF FILIAL PIETY”)
Japan, Meiji period, 1890-1891 Twenty-four coloured woodcuts, some embossed and lacquered, printed on washi paper and fixed on leporello mouted pages. Hardcovered recto and reverse. Edition by Hasegawa
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Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 2.200
Lot 225
A WOODCUTTER
Japan, Meiji period, late 19th Century Bronze with black patina (lost wax casting). 17.32 x 32.28 x 7.48 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300