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
VITTORIO GUSSONI 1893-1968
Oil on canvas, signed recto lower left. 15.75 x 19.68 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 600
ANGELO PAVAN 1893-1945
Oil on board, signed recto lower lef. On the reverse upper left iscribed ‘Venezia-S. Marcuola A. Pavan’. 17.72 x 19.68 in.
Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 3.600
LODOVICO CAVALERI 1867-1942
Oil on board, signed recto lower right. Upper right on the reverse dated, signed and titled ‘Neve in Liguria (Savona)’. 32.28 x 28.34 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 1.200
A YOMUT(?) ENSI RUG
Turkmenistan, Central Asia, about 1900 Overall good condition. 55.12 x 48.82 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 550
AN EUROPEAN KILIM RUG
Central Europe, about 1920 Overall good condition, backed. 169 x 122 in.
Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 1.500
A PAO TAO RUG
China, about 1920 Overall very good condition, smooth ‘salt and pepper’ wool. 62.60 x 106 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 1.200
Attributed to GIOACCHINO TOMA
Oil on canvas. Probably a study realized for the homonym painting exposed in Turin on 1880. The composition here evidently advanced, and is focused on the female group, the real pin of the entire composition. 17.32 x 21.77 in.
Starting price: € 5.000
A PAIR OF GILT BRONZE WALL LIGHTS
19th Century style With three foliage scrolled arms. 21.85 x 14.37 in. , in 18th Century
Starting price: € 400
A PAIR OF GILT BRIÌONZE WALL LIGHTS
Piedmont, 19th Century, in 18th Century style With two foliage scrolling arms. Damages to the gilding. 18.70 x 10.23 in.
Starting price: € 300
A CARVED AND SILVERED HEADBOARD 18th Century
Moulded with C-scrolls, flowers and foliage rocailles. 42.12 x 70.86 x 2.16 in.
Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 250
A FRUITWOOD CENTER TABLE 1840 circa
The octagonal top inlaid in partially ebonized wood with geometrical reserves centered by floral decorations, stem shaped as an octagonal column, on four short turned legs. Together with four en suite chairs in style. Damages. The
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Starting price: € 2.000
SCUOLA FRANCESE DEL XIX secolo
Oil on canvas. A herder resting in a landscape with ruins beyond. 24.80 x 32.28 in.
Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 1.500
A CARVED AND GILT WOOD CONSOLE Probably Rome, late 18th Century
early 19th Century A mask centering the fluted rim, on square tapering legs with laurel leaves. With a ‘breccia pernice’ later marble top. 35.82 x 39.76 x 11.81 in.
Starting price: € 1.000
BONNE VILLE, JOHANNES DE RAM Amsterdam, heirs of Blaeu, late 17th Century
Etching with later coloring, browning. 18.11 x 23.23 in. the plate
Starting price: € 200
CURTISMILIUM, JOHANNES DE RAM Amsterdam, heirs of Blaeu, late 17th Century
Etching with later coloring, browning. 18.11 x 22.64 in. the plate
Starting price: € 200
EVIAN, JOHANNES DE RAM Amsterdam, heirs of Blaeu, late 17th Century
Etching with later coloring, light browning. 18.19 x 22.24 in. the plate
Starting price: € 200
A PAIR OF WALNUT CHAIRS 20th Century
in 18th Century style Moulded, on cabriole legs, upholstered in red damask. Damage to the damask. 34.44 x 22.44 x 19.29 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
A CARVED AND PAINTED LOUIS XVI CHAIR France, last quarter of 18th Century
The oval back with fluted rim, on fluted tapering legs. Repainted. 38.58 x 19.29 x 18.11 in.
Starting price: € 150
A CARVED AND GILT WOOD CHAIR Piedmont, late 18th Century
With oval back and moulded seat, on fluted legs, upholstered in ochre velvet. 37 x 20.27 x 18.11 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
A PAIR OF CARVED AND PAINTED WOOD ARMCHAIRS Probably Piedmont, second half of 18th Century
With scrolled and fluted armrests, upholstered in light blue silk. An armrest broken, damages. 36.02 x 23.42 x 19.48 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
A PAIR OF CARVED ARMCHAIRS Probably Piedmont, 18th Century
With fluted scrolled armrests, cabriole legs, upholstered in yellow silk. Partially re-painted. 35.03 x 23.22 x 19.68 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 600
A CARVED AND GILT WALNUT ARMCHAIR Piedmont, mid-18th Century
With scrolled armrests, on cabriole legs, upholstered in velvet damask. The back probably lowered, damages. 35.03 x 26.37 x 19.68 in.
Starting price: € 400
A SET OF EIGHT WALNUT CHAIRS 20th Century
With rectangular back and column legs. Breaks and damages, one cladded with a different fabric. 36.61 x 17.52 x 16.53 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 650
A PAIR OF OCHRE CANED CHAIRS First half of 18th Century
Cartouche shaped, the back and the seat edge with flowers and foliage, on cabriole legs. 36.61 x 19.29 x 16.92 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
A PAIR OF CARVED AND PAINTED WOOD ARMCHAIRS Piedmont, mid-18th Century
With caned and painted back, S-scroll armrests, on cabriole legs, with cushion. 39.37 x 23.62 x 20.47 in.
Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 800
A PAIR OF EBONIZED WOOD ARMCHAIRS 20th Century
With fluted scrolled armrests, on fluted tapering legs, upholstered in velvet. 36.81 x 25 x 18.50 in.
Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 250
A GREY PAINTED AND CARVED WOOD ARMCHAIR France, mid-18th Century
With moulded back and S-scrolled armrest, on cabriole legs. Illegibly marked. 35.23 x 25.59 x 19.68 in.
Starting price: € 800
AN IVORY AND MOTHER OF PEARL INLAID TABLE Probably Middle East, 19th Century
Entirely inlaid with geometrical decorations, the legs jointed by a double-crossed stretcher. Damages and breaks. 31.10 x 38.97 x 24.01 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 700
A “KARATCHOP” KAZAK RUG South West Caucasus, first half 20th Century
Overall very good condition. 94.49 x 68.90 in.
Starting price: € 2.000
A “KASIM USHAG” RUG
Karabagh, South Caucasus, about 1900 Thick pile in good condition, some scattered wear, corroded bronws. 110 x 67.71 in.
Starting price: € 1.500
A BAKSHAISH RUG
North West Persia, about 1890 Overall good pile, short fringes. 157 x 115 in.
Starting price: € 8.000
A SCENE WITH CHERUBS Probably 18th Century
Gouache on paper on canvas, probably a sketch for a fresco painting. The scene with cherubs reminds to baroque patterns, and it’s painted in grisailles on a green background. Damages due to humidity. 25,59 x 33,46 in.
Starting price: € 250
A SOPRAPORTA PANEL Probably 18th Century
Gouache on board, probably a sketch for a sopraporta. The scene depicts a landscape framed in trompe l’oeil with ruins and figures, centered by a greek with volutes, acantus and flowers. 26.38 x 39.37 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
A PANEL WITH FRIEZE In 18th Century
style Gilded wood on a green background, the frame with a green passepartout, fillet in gilded wood and marbled margin. 28.94 x 40.16 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 250
A TAPESTRY Probably Germany, early 16th Century
Wowen in wools and silk. Depicting the Virgin and the child framed in architectures and ramages on a red background. 88.58 x 53.15 in. Provenienza / Provenance Monastero della regione di Bruges. Bibliografia / Literature
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Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 4.200
A WALNUT COFFEE TABLE In 17th Century
style A front drawer, with ‘barley twist’ carved and turned legs 21.65 x 67.32 x 24.40 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
A SET OF FOUR PAINTED AND GILT TOLE WALL LIGHTS Piedmont, 19th Century
Each with two scrolling arms cast with leaves and flowers. Damages and losses. 14.76 x 9.84 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 600
A CARVED, PAINTED AND GILT WOOD MIRROR FRAME Probably first half of 18th Century
Rectangular, shaped, with rocailles and foliage scrollings. Damages and losses to the gilding, with later period mirror. 26.37 x 22.83 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
A “KARATCHOP” KAZAK RUG
South West Caucasus, about 1880 Fair condition, some wear, flat brown wool selvages. 104 x 46 in.
Starting price: € 1.500
A DOOR PANEL Piedmont, 19th Century
In chinoiserie lacquered wood with landscapes and figures painted in green on a crème ground. 80.31 x 38.18 x 5.51 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
A CARVED AND PAINTED WOOD BOX Piedmont, 18th Century
Rectangular, a floral decoration on light blue ground. Damages and breaks. 5.71 x 14.37 x 10 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
A MORTAR WITH ITS PESTEL 19th Century
in 17th Century style In brown patina bronze, bell shaped, a garland on the body with faun heads masks clasps, handles shaped as caryatids, a foliate and a threaded band, and the inscription MCDXXX – GB A on the body. 8.27 x 10.16
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Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 200
A COUPLE OF PANELS Italy, probably Tuscany, 11th-13th Century
Concrete, rhomboidal, contoured, the edge with mask clasps. One depicts the siren with a forked tail, the other one a feminine mythological figure. Very consumpted. 9.45 x 9.45 x 3.75 in. Bibliografia /
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Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
A STONE GARGOYLE Italy, probably 19th Century
In shape of a lying dog, with the open mouth used as a drain hole. 11 x 20.47 x 7.87 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 600
A NEW AND CORRECT MAP OF THE WORLD, HERMANN MOLL London, late 18th Century
Etching with coeval coloring on two joined sheets. Restored tears and losses. 24.41 x 39.76 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.200
A WALNUT CUPBOARD Northern Italy, 17th Century
and later With two upper drawers and two panels, the drawers separated by foliated capitals, on paw feet. Accompanied by export licence. 44.09 x 57.48 x 20 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.000
SCUOLA RUSSA DEL XIX secolo
Gouache on board. Iscribed in red with greek alphabet. Cracles of the pigment, gildening partially fallen. 18.90 x 14.56 in.
Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 8.500
A WALNUT TURNED BALAUSTER TABLE Probably Piedmont, late 17th Century
and later With rectangular top, a front drawer, ‘barley twist’ carved and turned legs, with a high threaded band, jointed by a turned balauster stretcher, on ball feet. Alterations. 32.48 x 43.31 x 25
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Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 600
A WALNUT CHOIR STALL Probably Piedmont , 18th Century
With moulded back. Damages. 41.73 x 29.13 x 18.50 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 600
A PAIR OF THREE LIGHTS GILT BRONZE WALL LAMPS Probably Piedmont, 19th Century
in the 18th Century style With foliate scroll arms. Regilded. 18.50 x 13.58 in.
Starting price: € 300