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 161
A GROUP OF THREE CERAMIC VASES Japan, 20th century
Comprising a small vase with grey glazing and dense crackles, with a small keg of sake already assembled for a lamp with white glazing and brown script; and a Satsuma vase decorated with floral, geometric, and figurative
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Starting price: € 300
Lot 162
A WATER KETTLE (TETSUBIN) Japan, 18th-19th century
Cast iron, the body has a circular shape, the cover has a bud-shaped knob. There is a large mobile handle and upturned spout. Decorated on the outside with groups of flowers and grass in slight relief. Height 6.29 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 163
A BOTTLE Japan, second half of the 17th century
Porcelain with a spherical body and long cylindrical neck, painted in cobalt blue spread in various thicknesses under the transparent glazing. The decoration consists of a landscape with figures bearing umbrellas. Broken
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Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 164
LIU HAI RIDING THE TOAD, ACCOMPANIED BY TWO ACOLYTES
China, Qing dynasty, late 17th-18th Century Stoneware painted with iron oxide over the glaze. White translucent crackled glaze with bluish highlights. Liu Hai is holding the toad with his hands under its throat. On the
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Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 1.500
Lot 165
A MING SANCAI GLAZED GROUP OF A TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER, A FIGURE OF DIGNITARY AND A BUDDHIST LION
China Lightweight ceramic and glazed earthenware. Beginning with the Ming dynasty, the famous “three-colour” (sancai) glaze, which appeared in the Tang period (618-906), was
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Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 166
A PAIR OF BUDDHIST LION (SHISHI) INCENSE BURNERS China, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century
Moulded ceramic with polychrome painting over the glaze. The lion with an emerald green body has restored breakage of the incense holder, while the one with the apple green body has
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Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 167
TWO THICKLY ENAMELLED PLATES China, mid-20th century
Red earthenware with crackled grey glazing. Decorations with very thick glassy enamels. Mark impressed on the outside, near the base. Diameter 14.65 and 14.88 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 168
A GROUP OF HEHE ERXIAN IN FAMILLE ROSE
China, Qing dynasty, late 18th Century Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels over the glaze. Glaze slightly worn on the faces. Height 10.71 in. The honorific title "two immortals of union and happiness" (hehe erxian) refers to
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Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 800
Lot 170
TWO FIGURES OF GUANYIN IN BLANC DE CHINE China, Dehua (Fujian), early 20th century
Two figurines in white dehua porcelain in almost specular poses. Height 5.51 in.
Starting price: € 300