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 211
A PAINTING WITH MANDALA AND DIVINITY India, 19th century
This painting uses bright colours to depict three mandalas arranged one next to the other; below there are seven divinities, each one seated on a circular base. Framed with a protective glass. 15.16 x 28.74 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 212
A HANDSCROLL WITH SIXTEEN EROTIC ILLUSTRATIONS China, Qing dynasty, mid-19th century
Each individual scene is painted in ink and colours on silk, inserted into overall passe-partout in silk and mounted on paper (recent backing). Silk darkened and with some stains due to
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Starting price: € 2.000 | Sold for : € 2.000
Lot 213
A PAIR OF LARGE HANGING SCROLLS WITH SCENES OF LITERATI ON A BOATING EXCURSION China, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century
Ink and colour on silk, mounted with a passe-partout in silk on paper. One of the cylindrical dowels is in bone, the other is in wood. Inscription in the
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Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 2.200
Lot 214
A LARGE HANGING SCROLL WITH SCENE OF FISHERMAN WITH CHILD
China, Qing dynasty, 18th Century Ink with very few accents in red on silk, mounted with a passe-partout in silk on a paper backing. The silk is very darkened and torn in various points, but a relatively recent
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Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 3.000
Lot 215
FIVE HANGING SCROLLS OF NATURALIST SUBJECTS China, 19th century
and later Ink and colour on paper and silk canvassed on silk and mounted in a scroll. Abrasions, folds, and some pieces missing. The painting with the landscape on silk is to be restored. Belonging to the
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Starting price: € 1.800 | Sold for : € 2.400
Lot 216
FIVE HANGING SCROLLS OF RELIGIOUS SUBJECTS China, 19th-20th century
Ink and colour on paper and silk canvassed on silk and mounted in a scroll. The subjects depicted are deities, mostly belonging to the Daoist pantheon: one roll illustrates a scene of divine judgment,
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Starting price: € 2.000 | Sold for : € 2.000
Lot 217
A HANGING SCROLL WITH THE CHARACTER CHUN (“SPRING”) AND A HANGING SCROLL WITH CURSIVE CALLIGRAPHY
China (and Japan?), 20th Century Both ink on paper with passe-partout in silk mounted on silk. The roll with single character has three seals, the roll with cursive writing
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Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 218
A PAIR OF HANGING SCROLLS WITH INSCRIPTIONS WISHING GOOD LUCK China, 20th century
Republican era (1912-1949) Ink on paper with a gold background with passe-partout in silk on paper. The two rolls are inserted together in a wooden box with carving of a well-wishing
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Starting price: € 550
Lot 219
A PAIR OF SIX PANEL SCREENS
Japan, 19th-20th Century Both have a wood structure and frame in silk with ochre background and geometric decoration. Painted in ink and colour on paper, for each scree there are three autonomous compositions, separated from each other by
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Starting price: € 3.000 | Sold for : € 3.000
Lot 220
A SIX PANEL SCREEN
Japan, Edo period, 19th Century Structure in wood and frame in silk with an ochre background and white botanical motifs. The scene, painted in ink and colours on paper, depicts a landscaped dotted with buildings, many of which are only partially
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Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.700