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 71
A CIRCULAR CASE IN GILT AND SILVERED COPPER Tibet, 19th-20th century
The copper is worked in repoussé, silver and gold plated on the outside. The hinge and lock in silver sheet metal is fixed with copper nails. A small turquoise in the centre of the lid. Missing the
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Starting price: € 200
Lot 72
A THANG-KA WITH SEATED MASTER Tibet, late 18th-early 19th century
Gouache on canvas, with a few strokes painted in gold on on cotton with white ground preparation. The painting is very refined and detailed, representing a scene of universal judgment with the condemned at
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Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 16.000
Lot 73
A THANG-KA WITH SEATED MASTER Tibet, late 18th-early 19th century
Gouache on paper on canvas, with a few strokes painted in gold. Very worn, with large horizontal zones completely wrecked. Image 28.27 x 19.29 in., full canvas approximately 30.31 x 20.27 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 12.000
Lot 74
A THANG-KA WITH BUDDHA SEATED IN THE CENTRE Tibet, 19th century
Gouache on paper on canvas, with a few strokes painted in gold. The Buddha is seated on a lotus throne, flanked by two acolytes. In the foreground there is an altar. In the background there is a landscape.
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Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 23.000
Lot 75
A BUDDHIST PORTABLE SHRINE (GA’U) Tibet, 19th century
Shaped copper foil metal with the frontal part worked in repoussé and silver plated. Two side handles. No case. A lower band of petals (of Chinese influence) obove vegetal ornaments. Inside a small wooden base
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Starting price: € 200
Lot 76
A BUDDHIST PORTABLE SHRINE (GA’U) WITH CASE Tibet, 20th century
Shaped copper foil, with the front part joined with thick silver foil (or silver-plated metal foil) worked in deep repoussé. Two horizontal side handles. Inside is a small figurine of Buddha in burnished
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Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 350
Lot 77
TWO BUDDHIST PORTABLE SHRINES (GA’U) Tibet, 19th-20th century
Shaped copper or brass foil, on the front joined with silver and brass foil, worked in repoussé and fretwork. Two horizontal side handles. No case. One contains a small figurine of Buddha in burnished bronze.
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Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 450
Lot 78
TWO DEER-SHAPED BETEL NUT BOXES Cambodia, 19th-20th century
Both boxes are bivalve, worked in repoussé in a silver alloy foil. Excellent condition. The foil that makes it possible for the two parts of one of the animals to fit together is welded with a different alloy.
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Starting price: € 500
Lot 79
TWO PUMPKIN-SHAPED BETEL NUT BOXES South-east Asia (Thailand or Cambodia), 19th-20th century
The smaller box is in a silver alloy foil worked in repoussé and filigree. The segments are decorated with an ornamental geometric pattern, the handle is in spiral form. The
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Starting price: € 300
Lot 80
TWO BETEL NUTS BOXES IN THE SHAPE OF A LION AND DEER China, Qing dynasty, and Cambodia, 19th-early 20th century
Silver alloy foil worked in repoussé. Lion 1.96 x 2.75 x 1.69 in. Roe deer 5.12 x 4.72 x 3.54 in. Bivalve boxes in the shape of a crouched lion and a deer. The
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Starting price: € 300