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
Lot 226
A PHRA MALAI Thailand, Rattanakosin period, 19th century
Lacquered and gilded bronze, the deity is depicted sitting on a base shaped like a lotus flower in sattvasana position, the right hand in bhumisparshamudra. Falls of lacquer and gilding. 37 x 34.25 in.
Starting price: € 2.500
Lot 227
A PAIR OF FISHBOWLS DECORATED AND PAINTED WITH ENAMELS IN FAMILLE ROSE
China, about 1960-70 Porcelain decorated on the outside with numerous relief molded precious objects of good luck and painted in polychrome enamels over the glaze on water green ground. The inside of
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Starting price: € 1.200 | Sold for : € 17.000
Lot 228
A PAIR OF SMALL TRAYS PAINTED IN FAMILLE ROSE
China, Jingdezhen (Jiangxi), Qing Dynasty, about 1750 Qingbai-glazed porcelain, decorated with polychrome enamels on the glaze. Base unglazed. The decoration of one of the two trays is slightly worn. 0.86 x 10.75 x 72.44 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 229
A PAIR OF ROOF TILES SHAPED AS FLYING HORSES Nothern China (Shanxi?), 17th century
Moulded earthenware finished by hand, with green, amber and aubergine liuli sancai glazing. The concave tile is placed on a wooden base. 11 x 11 x 6.10 in.
Starting price: € 800
Lot 230
A PAIR OF ROOF TILES SHAPED AS GUARDIANS RIDING A HORSE Nothern China (Shanxi?), Qing dynasty, 19th century
Moulded earthenware finished by hand, with turquoise, green, amber and aubergine liuli sancai glazing. The concave tile is placed on wood stand. 17.32 x 17.17 x
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Starting price: € 1.200 | Sold for : € 1.200
Lot 231
A WHEEL OF LONG LIFE IN JADE China, Qing dynasty, 19th century
Carved céladon-coloured jade. The central disc is independent and carved in fretwork with the character shou “long life” (壽). Base in lightweight hardwoodwood with ornamental carving all around. Diameter 2.09
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Starting price: € 400
Lot 232
A PENDENT IN WHITE JADE DECORATED WITH LIU HAI AND THE FROG China, Qing dynasty, 18th century
Thick pendent in white jade with Liu Hai carved with a cord of of cash coins on one side, a frog with clouds and a circular seal on the other. 2.95 x 2.16 x 0.31 in.
Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 14.000
Lot 233
A PENDENT IN WHITE JADE IN THE SHAPE OF A ZHONG BELL China, early 20th century
White jade carved above in fretwork with two specular dragons, below with the contoured shape of a zhong bell. 2.75 x 1.38 x 0.16 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 2.200
Lot 234
A SEAL IN CARVED STONE China, 20th century
Finely carved in high relief calcareous stone, with leaves and lotus flowers and herons in a pond. Cursive inscription in two vertical lines. Seal in the form of a single archaic character carved in the oval base. Chip around
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Starting price: € 800
Lot 235
A LARGE JADE SEAL China, Qing dynasty, 19th century
Translucent nephrite, ochre yellow and red, carved in cuboid shape with rounded head. Square surface carved below with archaic seal. Height 3.50 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 236
A SMALL FIGURE OF GUANYIN IN SOAPSTONE China, aearly 20th century
Saponaria in café-au-lait carved all around. 2.91 x 1.97 x 0.79 in. The goddess of mercy on the lotus throne, hands joined in her lap in dhyana mudra.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 237
A SOLID BUDDHIST LION IN STONE China, 20th century
Classic Buddhist lion or “Foo Dog” standing, probably carved in jasper. Base in carved wood to emulate briarwood. 6.22 x 5.12 x 2.75 in. (base included)
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 238
A BRACELET IN NEPHRITE WITH ARCHAISTIC-SHAPED BEARDED MASKS IN RELIEF China, 19th century (?)
Cylindrical bracelet with relief on outside of four masks in archaic shape, in the manner of the Neolithic Hongshan culture. Dark yellow jade with dark veins. Height 1.42 in.,
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Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 1.100
Lot 239
A BRUSH WASHER IN AGATE ON WOOD PEDESTAL China, Qing dynasty, late 19th century
Translucent agate carved in the shape of a cup. Border decorated with two animals of archaic inspiration, carved in the round, perhaps a feline and a mouse. Two-tiered base in wood, above
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Starting price: € 300
Lot 240
A BRUSH POT IN ENGRAVED BONE China, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century
Very detailed engraving of a family gathering in the garden of a country home. Amidst the trees and hills there are other simple huts, mountain peaks in the distance are shrouded in clouds. Height 4.33
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Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 1.600
Lot 241
A FIGURE OF WISE MAN IN CARVED CORAL China, early 20th century
Red coral. On wood stand. 148 g (base included) Height 5.39 in. (base included) This old man with a serene bearing holds two flasks in his hands. This could be an image of the poet and man-of-letters Liu Ling
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Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 1.300
Lot 242
A STATUE OF ELEPHANT SADDLED AND HARNESSED IN JADE
China, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign period (1736-1795) Céladon-coloured nephrite on one side, with russet vein on the other, carved in the round but plain. On both sides of the saddle cover there is finely engraved
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Starting price: € 3.000 | Sold for : € 26.000
Lot 243
TWO ELEPHANTS IN JADEITE China, early 20th century
One in céladon green jadeite with apple green veins, the other entirely in apple green on small shaped ebony base. 2.36 x 2 x 1.18 in. 1.42 x 1.18 x 0.71 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 244
A PAIR OF ELEPHANT FIGURINES IN WHITE JADE China, 19th century
Two small elephants in white jade, joined by a support in briarwood. 1.26 x 1.88 x 1.18 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 245
A COMPOSITION OF SAGE AT REST IN CÉLADON JADE UNDER A PINE TREE IN EBONY
China, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign period (1736-1795) Céladon-coloured jade and ebony, both carved all around. Comprising four parts: the base, the leaf-shaped support, and the tree are made in
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Starting price: € 2.000
Lot 246
A PAIR OF VASES IN CREAMY WHITE JADE China, early 20th century
Pair of nephrite vases with lids in in archaistic shapes. Lids with flowershaped knobs and three small handles. On the shoulder other ring handles hang freely. Deep carving of stylised dragons on the belly.
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Starting price: € 1.000
Lot 247
AN ARCHAISTIC-SHAPED FANGHU VASE IN JADEITE China, early 20th century
Apple-green jadeite. Vase carved in the round, with two zoomorphic handles. Engravings of taotie masks on the belly. Tapered foot. 3.94 x 1.77 x 1.18 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 248
TWO SQUARE CUPS IN QUARZITE WITH HANGING RING HANDLES China, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century
Very thin, translucent sides. Two dragons facing each other are carved on the sides. Sturdy handles of archaic inspiration (pushou). Small wooden base finely carved in fretwork.
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Starting price: € 2.000
Lot 249
TWO CUPS IN SPINACH GREEN JADE China, Qing dynasty, Qianlong, 18th century (?)
Masterfully crafted, opaque finish, linear shape. The sides are slightly curved and very thin to obtain a translucent effect. Straight rim. Short cylindrical feed, characteristic of the
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Starting price: € 2.000
Lot 250
TWO VASES IN JADE WITH FOUR-LOBED COVER WITH FLOWERS IN CENTRE China, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century
Translucent spinach green jade. Sides very thick. Height 2.36 in., diameter 4.84 in.
Starting price: € 2.000 | Sold for : € 2.000