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 121
A KHMER GLOBULAR VASE Cambodia, Bayon period, 12th-13th century
Brown earthenware glazed with dark brown iron oxide. The glaze ends above the base and covers the etched decoration of concentric circles and triangles on the shoulder of the vase. Height 3.54 in, diameter
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Starting price: € 300
Lot 122
A ROUND COSMETIC BOX Annam (Vietnam), 15th century
Very find grey stoneware, with floral decorations in a cobalt blue underglaze. The grey-green glazing does not cover the base. Tiny chips, good condition. Diameter 3 in. Produced imitating Ming dynasty porcelains, the
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Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 123
FOUR VOTIVE TABLETS Burma, probably 16th century
Earthenware, these triangular tablets have a theory of Buddha inscribed. They were made using a mould, usually in metal. These are examples of devotional objects very popular in India and throughout south-eastern Asia.
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Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 124
NAT Burma, Mandalay period, 19th century
Carved in wood, lacquered and gilded, this statue represents a male personage seated on a nearly circular base. He is wearing a shirt that is open in the front and loose trousers decorated in relief with a chain pattern; on his
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Starting price: € 400
Lot 125
BUDDHA Burma, Mandalay period, 19th century
Carved and lacquered wood, the Buddha is seated in the dhyanasana position on a triangular plinth. The right hand is in the bhumisparsha mudra position, the left one in the dhyana mudra position; in the lower part of the hairdo
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Starting price: € 600
Lot 126
A STANDING BUDDHA Burma, Mandalay period, 19th century
Carved from a single block of gilded wood, this statue portrays the Buddha standing in a samabhanga position and wearing a soft sampot that leaves the right shoulder uncovered, brightened by a border in coloured
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Starting price: € 300
Lot 127
A DANCER
Burma, Mandalay period, 19th Century Carved in wood and lacquered red, this sculpture represents a female figure standing on a nearly circular base and dressed in a long gown that reaches her ankles. She is captured in a dancing movement and wears a sort of
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Starting price: € 400
Lot 128
A RELIEF WITH BRAHMA India, style of 16th-17th century
Carved in a single block of grey stone, this depicts Brahma standing in the samabangha position on a base in the shape of a lotus flower. He is wearing an elegant sampot tied at the waist with a large knot in the
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Starting price: € 800
Lot 129
A BUDDHAMUCHALINDA Cambodia, Khmer, Angkor Vat period, 12th-13th century
Carved in grey stone, the figure is seated in the sattvasana position on the coils of the snake Muchalinda, whose seven heads form a nimbus to protect the god; the Buddha, is wearing a samghati,
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Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 1.500
Lot 130
A BUDDHAMUCHALINDA Cambodia
Khmer, Bayon period, 13th Century Carved in grey stone with traces of antique gilding; this statue depicts Buddha seated in the dhyanamudra position on the coils of the snake Muchalinda whose seven heads form an almond to protect the divinity.
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Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 1.500