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 41
TWO ROUND COSMETIC BOXES AND A SMALL BOWL WITH QINGBAI GLAZING
South-east China, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368) and later Porcelain and porcelain stoneware moulded and glazed in white with characteristic bluish glimpse. One of the boxes is decorated with a swastika, the other
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Starting price: € 400
Lot 42
THREE ROUND BOXES FOR COSMETICS OR MEDICINES
China, Ming dynasty (1368-1644) and later Moulded and decorated sandy stoneware and porcelain. Translucent white glazing. Decorative ribbing on the side. Small chips. Diameter 4.13, 3.54 and 2.75 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 43
AN OCTAGONAL BOX AND A VASE WITH CÉLADON GLAZING
South-east Chine (Fujian?), Song or Yuan dynasty, 13th-14th century White porcelain and light grey stoneware produced and decorated in a mould; the glazing ends over the base. There is a peony moulded in the centre of the
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Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 350
Lot 44
A VASE WITH RING-SHAPED HANDLES
China, Longquan kilns (Zhejiang), Ming dynasty (1368-1644) Stoneware produced in a bivalve mould with céladon glazing. The profile dating back to the Song dynasty presents a four-lobed flared opening and two handles in which two fixed
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Starting price: € 400
Lot 45
A “PHOENIX TAIL” ZHANGZHOU (SWATOW) VASE WITH CÉLADON GLAZE China, Ming dynasty, 16th-17th century
The glaze forms a crackled network on the body of this heavy stoneware vase, produced in China for export to south-east Asia. Small defects in the glaze, ceramic residues
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Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 46
A CÉLADON BOWL WITH ENGRAVED LOTUS FLOWERS
China, Longquan kilns (Zhejiang), southern Song dynasty, late 12thearly 13th century Pink stoneware somewhat rough and very heavy. The outer decoration is engraved freehand. Green-grey glazing. Diameter 6.57 in., height 2.52 in.
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Starting price: € 300
Lot 47
A CYLINDRICAL TRIPOD WITH CÉLADON GLAZING China, Yaozhou kilns (Shaanxi), Ming dynasty, 16th century
Glazed stoneware. The grid pattern is incised by hand under the olive green glaze, with deliberate crackle here and there. Inside and at the base of the incense burner
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Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 48
THREE ANIMAL SCULPTURES Bali, 20th century
Wood, carved in the round. They represent two goats and a cow. Goats 16.14 x 35.43 x 10.63 in. and 14.57 x 29.53 x 7 in. Cow 13.38 x 40.16 x 9.84 in.
Starting price: € 1.000
Lot 49
A GILDED WOODEN SCULPTURE OF A BIRD Burma, 19th century
Carved wood in five parts (neck and head, torso, feet, tail), gilded and inlaid with glass inserts, of which only a few traces remain. The bird has its tail raised and the neck extended. The legs rest on a circular
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Starting price: € 600
Lot 50
A PAIR OF LARGE DEER Bali, 20th century
Monumental sculptures in carved wood depicting a pair of deer in the round. Intended to be ridden, both deer have saddles, reins, and blinders carved in relief. 45.27 x 45.27 in.
Starting price: € 2.000