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 131
UMA
Cambodia, Khmer, Kheleang period, late 10th Century Carved in stone, the statue depicts the deity standing in the samabhanga position; she is wearing a simple sampot tied at the waist with a thin belt and embellished by a sash that falls vertically between the legs;
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Starting price: € 10.000
Lot 132
LINTEL Cambodia, Khmer, Bayon period, 13th century
Part of an architectural element (lintel) carved in stone, portraying on the front a series of niches to hold as many deities, including the Brahma, recognisable for the four heads and four arms. On the left to the
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Starting price: € 2.000
Lot 133
VISHNU Cambodia, 12th-13th century
Carved in a reddish stone, this figure is standing in the samabangha position and has the arms extended along the sides with the palm of the right hand open outward. The figure is wearing a vertically striped sampot tied at the waist,
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Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 800
Lot 134
AN ANTEFIX WITH VISHNU
Cambodia, Khmer, Angkor Vat period, 12th Century Carved in stone, Vishnu occupies the central position and is flanked by two different manifestations of Lakshmi, Bhudevi and Sridevi; the group is arranged within a multilobed frame in relief. On
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Starting price: € 1.500
Lot 135
A MALE TORSO Cambodia, Khmer, Angkor Vat period, 12th century
Carved in grey stone, the figure is in the samabangha position; he is wearing a classic sampot cinched at the waist by a belt buckled in front and with an elaborate knot in the shape of an Ionic capital on the
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Starting price: € 3.000
Lot 136
A SET OF FOUR SCULPTURES
India Stone, composed by a relief with Gandhara-style figures, an animal head, probably a dog, a sculpture with two monkeys facing each other while seated on a tortoise, a divinity holding a human figure on her lap in a pyramid composition.
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Starting price: € 500
Lot 137
A STELA WITH FIGURE OF A GUARDIAN
Cambodia, Khmer, Bayon period, 13th Century Carved in grey stone, there is a cuspidate almond in relief that reproduces a naga snake, above which there are vegetal patterns. Inside there is a figure of a standing guardian holding a club
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Starting price: € 4.500
Lot 138
A SCULPTURE WITH THE WHEEL OF VISHNU India, probably 11th century
Carved in beige stone, this was certainly part of a monumental group portraying Vishnu. The chakra wheel is in fact his ever-present attribute. On wood stand. Height 5.71 in.
Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 250
Lot 139
GANGA ON MAKARA India, 19th -20th century
Carved in dark grey stone, the relief of Ganga, the goddess of the River Ganges, seated cross-legged on the back of Makara, a Hindu mythological aquatic creature. Ganga has four arms, one left hand is holding a container of
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Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 140
TWO SCULPTURES India, 19th century
Both these pieces were carved in grey stone. Once portrays a monkey seated with his right front hand to his mouth; the other Balakrishna is in pose on an oval base. Height 2.75 in.
Starting price: € 300