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
A GLOSSY WHITE GLAZED BOWL WITH FLAT RIM Southern China, 15th-18th century
Porcelain with thick glossy glazing that leaves uncovered only a ring of the base. Inside there is a floral motif delicately engraved and barely visible. Minor repair and a small chip on the rim.
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Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 250
TWO WHITE DINGYAO BOWLS
China, Dingxian kilns (Hebei), Song dynasty (960-1279) or later Moulded and glazed porcelain. The glazing does not cover the rim and stops above the base of the bowls, decorated outside with simply moulded petal and ornamental pattern . Diameter
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Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
FOUR WHITE DINGYAO BOWLS
China, Dingxian kilns (Hebei), Song dynasty (960-1279) and later Moulded porcelaneous stoneware and porcelain with white glazing, that leaves uncovered the rim and the base. Decoration impressed on the outside. Diameter bowl 5.86 in. Diameter
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Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
TWO BOWLS WITH THICK OPAQUE GLAZING China, 14th-17th century
Glazed white porcelain. The smaller bowl presents an illegible mark in dark grey on the base. Diameter 6.18 and 5.12 in.
Starting price: € 200
A PORCELAIN BOWL WITH DECORATION BIANCO SOPRA BIANCO AND TRACES OF GILDING China, Qing dynasty, early 20th century
or earlier Fine porcelain in the form of an open bowl on a low base, decorated outside with white enamel, finished with etching, with flowers and leaves.
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Starting price: € 600
FABRIC SAMPLES Japan, 19th century
Made of a number of fragments of silk in various shapes and sizes, in different colours and decorative motifs, glued to the pages of a book. Book 13.58 x 10.24 in. Woodworm damages.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 550
THREE FABRICS Japan, early 20th century
Canvassed on wooden frames, they have a blue background and decorations of flowers and birds stylised in white. 59 x 59 in. 60.63 x 47.64 in. 56.69 x 50.39 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
A TRUNK FOR MANUSCRIPTS Burma, Mandalay period, 19th century
Lacquered and gilded wood, this trunk features extensive gold decorations on the front and two sides with botanical patterns and apsaras. The racemes frame the larger Buddha figure while the upper and back
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Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.000
A TRUNK South-East Asia, 19th-20th century
Wood covered with gilded metal, this trunk manifests a rich botanical decoration interrupted by small ovals, perhaps intended to hold inlays made of a different material. 11.81 x 18.90 x 27.56 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
A LARGE TRAY Burma, 19th-20th century
Circular shape, in wood with red lacquer inside, gilded on the outer perimeter; worked in relief and embellished with glass inlays. Diameter 26.98 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200