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 191
A TABLE GAME Japan, 19th-20th century
Wood with black lacquer, this chessboard is brightly decorated on the outer sides with vegetal patterns in gold maki-e with its storage box. 1.99 x 4.72 x 3.94 in. Lot accompanied by export license.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 192
A TRAY Japan, 19th century
Wood with black lacquer finish, this tray has a rectangular shape and rests on bracketed feet located at the four corners. The lower profile is wavy. The elegant gold decoration in maki-e covers the entire surface and consists of vines of
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Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 193
A SET OF EIGHT LACQUERS Japan, 19th-20th century
Comprising a rectangular tray and a covered box from the Meiji epoch, the first has a dark red background decorated in gold with a scene of sparrows flying admist bamboo, the second has a black background decorated in
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Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 194
A MIRROR (EKAGAMI) WITH ITS BOX AND SUPPORT
Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912) Bronze with patina, it has a circular form with a handle covered in bamboo. The unreflecting side is decorated in relief with an aquatic landscape in which there are cranes, a turtle and a pine
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Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 195
A TRAY (KÕBON) AND THREE BOXES WITH LIDS (TAKIGARA-IRE) Japan, 19th century
Lacquered wood is decorated in gold in maki-e with phytomorphic spirals; in one of the boxes the spirals are intertwined with a heraldic coat-of-arms made of stylised leaves. Tray 1.57 x 15.35 x
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Starting price: € 200
Lot 196
THREE BOWLS AND TWO LIDS
Japan, 19th Century Lacquered wood, on the outside in black and inside with red. These bowls are very finely decorated in with gold in maki-e and kirikane with motifs of rocks, camellias, and bamboo, amidst which a heraldic coat-of-arms within a
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Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 197
A SET OF TWO LACQUERS Japan, 19th century
These are a support for tea cup and a box for ashes with its lid (takigara-ire), decorated in gold in maki-e with vegetal patterns and heraldic coats-of-arms. Support height 4.33 in. Box height 2.75 in. Lot accompanied by export
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Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 198
A SMALL SIDEBOARD (ZUSHIDANA) Japan, 19th century
Lacquered wood sumptuously decorated with gold, these four shelves are supported by four bracketed legs. Part of the space between the first and second and second and third from the bottom is closed by two doors. The
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Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 199
THREE-PIECE CORNER CABINET Japan, 19th-20th century
Lacquered wood, worked in relief with vines and flowers of chrysanthemums. 30.31 x 20.47 x 11 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 200
A HIGH ALTAR TABLE
China, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th Century Soft wood with traces of paint, red for the load-bearing parts and the surface, green for the decorative frontal frieze, carved in relief and fretwork with ornamental dragon motifs. Paint is very worn, the right
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Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400