FURNITURE, PAINTINGS, WORKS OF ART
Important auction characterized by great quality and unexceptionable origins. The first part of the catalogue is dedicated to oriental art with 150 lots made out of jade, ivory, coral and porcelain. The second session is dedicated to the western arts including two prestigious private collections, the one of a Roman gentleman with high-period furniture, and the collection of Giuseppe Clinanti of antique glass, composed of pieces of absolute rarity from the 16th to the 19th Century. As regards the paintings there are important pictures of the 17th and 18th Century, among which an unpublished canvas by a young Luca Giordano and a great mythological scene by Lorenzo Pasinelli. The 19th Century is represented by a large painting of museum quality by Antonio Zona, two rare oils by Giovanni Giani and a beautiful landscape by Lorenzo Viani. The sale ends with a series of objects of royal and papal provenance, and with an eclectic silver candlestick whose adventurous story will be disclosed to you in the Bolaffi saleroom.
11 am | lots 1-145
2 pm | lots 146-476
Turin - Sala Bolaffi, via Cavour 17
VIEWING
5/11 April Turin - Sala Bolaffi, via Cavour 17 (10-13 am | 2-6 pm)
Lot 451
LALIQUE GLASS VASE
France, 20th Century
Quadrangular, in molded blown, partially sandblasted colourless glass, a geometric decoration with circular dots, inscribed Lalique on one side.
9.5 x 2.8 x 2.8 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 452
LUIGI MANTOVANI 1880-1957
San Paolo Converso
Oil on canvas, signed lower right recto and upper right on the reverse.
42.91 x 31.10 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 453
TWO STOREY TABLE
France or Italy, early 20th Century
Oval, with C legs, inlaid in various essences, on the top a seascap with sailboat, on the lower shelf a rural landscape, signed G.V. on the right on the lower shelf.
30.3 x 27.6 x 20.5 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 454
JOSEPH-MICHEL-ANGE POLLET 1814-1870
Une heure de la nuit
Brown patina bronze sculpture of a woman stretching herself on a rock like base. Signed on the base 'Pollet', foundry stamp 'E.Colin & Cie Paris'.
Height 18 in.
Starting price: € 1.000
Lot 455
RUDOLF THIELE 1856-1930
Bozzetto per The Nubian Girl 19th Century
Painted plaster, with circular base, depicting a Nubian girl with a striped turban. Lacks of color and defects.
Height 27.95 in.
Starting price: € 500
Lot 456
ROMAIN DE TIRTOFF DETTO ERTÉ 1892-1990
La leçon d'amour dans un parc
Three gouaches on paper, signed lower right recto, produced by Erté for the musical comedy by Guy Lafarge, which was staged at the Théatre des Bouffes Parisiens in 1951. On the reverse, stamps and repertoire numbers.
7.87 x 10.63 in.
Starting price: € 2.500
Lot 457
GIUSEPPE SOBRILE 1879-1956
La Primavera e l'Autunno
A pair of oils on board en pendant, the panel ‘The Spring’ is signed ‘G. Sobrile’ lower righr recto. On the reverse inscription about the International Exposition of Bruxelles, 1910. Defects and loss of color.
33.46 x 17.32 in.
Starting price: € 5.000 | Sold for : € 5.000
Lot 458
ADOLF HIRÉMY-HIRSCHL 1860-1933
Scena di mitologia marina con tritoni e sirene
Oil on canvas. Signed 'A Hiremy' lower right recto.
64.57 x 114.17 in.
In a sea cave we are witnessing the struggle between two tritons, surrounded by sirens and children overloking the rocks. The sirens represented here are not those of Homeric derivation, half women
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Starting price: € 20.000
Lot 459
GIOVANNI GIANI 1866-1937
Paesaggio montano
Oil on canvas, signed and dated 'G. Giani 1911' lower left recto.
24.02 x 39.37 in.
Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 1.500
Lot 460
GIOVANNI GIANI 1866-1937
Ritratto di fanciulla con cappello
Oil on canvas, signed and dates lower right recto.
47.64 x 29.33 in.
Starting price: € 10.000
Lot 461
LORENZO VIANI 1882-1936
Paesaggio di Versilia. Veduta dall'alto di Seravezza
Oil on board, signed 'Viani' lower right recto, on the reverse labels of the Gallery Il Sileno, Palermo and the Gallery L'approdo, Bari and stamp of the Pratesi Collection, Florence.
42.13 x 30.71 in.
Starting price: € 15.000
Lot 462
HENRY WALTER WATTS 1776-1842
La regina Vittoria d'Inghilterra diciottenne
Beautiful illumination in oval painted with watercolor and tempera on paper, signed and dated 'WHW 1837' lower right recto.
7.48 x 5.51 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 250
Lot 463
SEAL OF KING OTTO OF GREECE
19th Century
Ivory with brass matrix, in the form of two cherubs supporting respectively the bust of King Otto of Greece and Queen Amalia, together with two imprints in sealing wax, one on a light blue envelope, the other in a circular box marked with the number 16.
3.9 x 1.2 x 0.4
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Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 2.000
Lot 464
SEAL OF MARIA ISABELLA OF THE TWO SICILIES AND PIN OF MARIA SOFIA OF THE TWO SICILIES
Naples, 19th Century
Seal with ivory handle, bearing the double coat of arms of Maria Isabella di Borbone-Spain and Francesco I delle Due Sicilie. Brooch in silver, silver-gilt and pearls, oval with a shaped rim, in the middle the profile of Maria Sofia von Wittelsbach, consort of Francesco
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Starting price: € 1.200 | Sold for : € 2.600
Lot 465
SÈVRES IMPERIAL MANUFACTURE PORCELAIN DISH FROM THE MARLY ROUGE SERVICE
Circa 1809
The rim with a gilt foliate border on a tomato-red ground, a central butterfly on a pale blue ground within a floral polychrome wreath on a gold ground.
Marked on verso ‘M.Imp.le/ de Sevres/ 1809' in iron-red, gilt mark ‘M.fi’ and printer's mark ‘W’, probably for
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Starting price: € 7.000
Lot 466
PART OF GLASS SERVICE WITH THE ARMS OF SAVOY
Piedmont, late 19th, early 20th Century
In engraved glass with a geometrical decoration on the bodies, comprising three ewers with cap, six liqueur glasses, four coffee cups and eight small spoons, all engraved with the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Italy, the Savoy cross within an oval shield surmounted by
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Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 700
Lot 467
WOODEN PANEL WITH THE ARMS OF THE DUKE AMEDEO I OF SAVOY
Piedmont, 16th Century
In painted wood, in the heart of the shield, surmounted by a closed crown, the white cross in the red field of Savoy, in the first quarter the arms of Jerusalem, Lusignan and Cyprus, Armenia and Luxembourg, in the second the arms of Westphalia, Saxony, Angria, in the
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Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 468
HUNTING RIFLE HOLDER
Probaby Piedmont, second half of 19th Century
Elegant rifle holder probably originally property of the king Vittorio Emanuele II, in rosewood and ebonized wood, on six feet with wheels, the shaped base with trefoil-shaped corners, high geometrical column stem and shaped upper part, with six rifle holding
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Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.400
Lot 469
IMPORTANT MIRROR
Piedmont, mid 18th Century
Carved and giltwood mirror frame, with C and S scrolls, on top a lambrequin shell. With original mirror, nails and hangers. On the back a paper label with ink inscription "Anticamera della Regina", partially worn and traces of other labels now missing.
The mirror, of
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Starting price: € 5.000
Lot 470
BLESSED POPE PAUL VI'S CHALICE
Enrico Manrini, 20th Century
In matt silver, on circular base, with silver-gilt Good Shepherd applied on the front, the silver-gilt knot of the stem in the form of the Crown of Spine, the bowl silver-gilt, under the base the coat of arms of Pope Paul VI impressed in the center. On a trapezoidal
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Starting price: € 3.000 | Sold for : € 3.000
Lot 471
SILVER RELIQUARY AND CYLINDER
Reliquary arch-shapedin partially opacified silver, containing in the center a relic of the SS. Cross and six lateral relics, cylindrical box, in smooth silver with two ribbon bands on the body, containing the attestation of Monsignor Castellano Archbishop of Siena, who
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Starting price: € 2.000 | Sold for : € 2.000
Lot 472
BLESSED POPE PAUL VI'S CHALICE
Enrico Manfrini, 20th Century
Silver-gilt, opacified on the outside, on a circular base, the cylindrical and flared cup, with Agnus Dei on the front, with Paul VI coat of arms impressed in the center under the base. With a trapezoidal lapi lazuli stand.
Marked and signed Enrico Manfrini under the
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Starting price: € 4.000
Lot 473
TWO SILVER RELIQUARIES AND ONE SILVER CYLINDER
A reliquary in form of a rectangular tabernacle in partially opacified silver with relic of the SS. Crux, the other a partially opacified silver rectangular frame containing relic of the Saints Peter and Paul, the cylindrical box, smooth, a wave decoration on the body,
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Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 474
TRIPLE CROWN OF POPE PAOLO VI
Rome, 20th Century
In gold, silver-plated and gilt metal, with precious and semiprecious stones, consisting of the three crowns, symbol of the three authorities of the Pope; father of kings, rector of the orb, vicar of Christ. The three crowns are represented by three simple rings that
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Starting price: € 5.000 | Sold for : € 5.000
Lot 475
THREE MAIOLICA DISHES FROM BENITO MUSSOLINI TABLEWARE
Richard Ginori, 1930 circa
An oval saucer, a shaped dish and a round one, in crème maiolica with a green laurel rim, centered by the imperial eagle on lictorial bundle overlying the inscription Dux. Together with a beautiful photograph of Benito Mussolini, with an autograph dedication.
1.2 x 8.7
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Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 476
LARGE SILVER CANDELABRUM
Fernando Genazzani, Early 20th Century
The grand candelabrum, on a tripod base with large feral feet and three ram heads at the corners, represents an allegory of fire, with demons, harpies and caryatids, the flamed arms coming out of the jaws of bearded and winged masks and a band with putti protecting
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Starting price: € 10.000 | Sold for : € 17.500 Temporary import