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 As regards the paintings there are important pictures of the 17th and 18th Century, among which an unpublished canvas by a young Luca Giordano and a great mythological scene by Lorenzo Pasinelli.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 301
THREE DIFFERENT LATTIMO GLASS CUPS WITH DISHES
18th Century
Circular, polychrome decoration with garlands on the body and on the dishes.
Damages and wear to the enamels
Diameter of the larger dish 7.48 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 302
LATTIMO GLASS TEA POT
Venice, 18th Century
Decorated in polychrome enamels in blue and ochre, an oval reserve with a putto and one with a fruit on the body.
Damages and wear to the enamels.
9.6 x 7.9 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 303
TWO DIFFERENT LATTIMO GLASS DISHES
18th Century
Enamel decoration in blue and white, a profile with helm and a putto in the center and scrolls on the rim.
Damages and wear to the enamels.
Diameter of the larger one 10.2 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 304
GROUP OF TWO LATTIMO GLASS CUPS AND BOWL WITH DISHES
18th Century
Different, decorated with garlands and stylized flowers in polychrome enamels.
One of the dishes not pertinent, damages and wear to the enamels.
The bowl 2.55 x 6.88 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 305
GROUP OF SIX LATTIMO GLASS DIFFERENT COFFEE CUPS
Venice, 18th Century
Decorated in polychrome enamels, five in chinoiserie and one with rose bunches.
Damages and wear to the enamels.
2 x 4.5 in.
Starting price: € 600
Lot 306
TWO LATTIMO GLASS BOTTLES
18th Century
Decorated with polychrome enamels, one with scrolls centered by the letter P, the other one with a rose branch and the letter A.
Damages and wear to the enamels.
12.6 x 5.5 x 3.1 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 307
LOT OF TWO LATTIMO GLASS JARS AND ONE EWER
Venice, 18th-19th Century
The ewer and the taller jar decorated in polychrome enamel and gold with putti players, the other jar with polichrome enamel figures.
The higher 10.43 x 5.11 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 308
FOUR LATTIMO GLASS JARS
18th-19th Century
Decorated with polychrome enamels, one with musician putti, one with a romantic scene, one with farmers and one with a girl profile.
Not all covers are pertinent.
Minor damages and wear to the enamels.
The higher 13.38 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 309
A PAIR OF LATTIMO GLASS DISHES TOGETHER WITH A SIMILAR ONE
Italy, 17th-18th Century
The pair of dishes with a pear branch with fruits, the similar one larger, with an apple branch.
Damages and wear to the enamels.
The larger dish 11.22 in.
Starting price: € 500
Lot 310
TWO DIFFERENT LATTIMO GLASS CUPS WITH DISHES
Venice, 18th Century
Decorated in polychrome enamels, one in chinoiserie, the other with fruits.
Damages and wear to the enamels.
Height of the larger one 2.36 in., dish diameter 6.79 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 311
PAIR OF LATTIMO GLASS CUPS WITH COVER
18th-19th Century
On the body two ladies within shaped reserves and floral scrolls in polichrome enamels.
Serious wear to the enamels.
12.6 x 6.5 in.
Starting price: € 500
Lot 312
FIVE LIGHT GLASS CANDELABRUM
Venice, 18th Century
In colourless blown glass, on circular foot, with balauster stem, five lights and five scrolled arms, a flame on top.
23.2 x 11.4 in.
Starting price: € 800
Lot 313
MURANO GLASS TABLE LAMP
19th Century
On circular base, with scrolled arms and flower-shaped decorative arms.
Electrified.
29.9 x 21.7 in.
Starting price: € 600
Lot 314
MURANO GLASS LAMP
18th-19th Century
In colorless glass and violet and pink glass, with some blue and yellow glass elements, on a circular base, the stem with geometric moving elements and violet glass knots, the scrolled arms interspersed with decorative flower-shaped arms and joined by chains in
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Starting price: € 1.500
Lot 315
BLOWN GLASS ALMORRATXA
Catalogna, 17th-18th Century
The piriform body with applications with four spouts.
Damages.
10 x 4.1 in.
The almorratxa, typically Catalan, is a glass vase used between the 16th and the18th Century to spray rose water. Generally it is a pear-shaped vase on a tall stem, with a central neck and four
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Starting price: € 800
Lot 316
GLASS CRUET
17th Century
In colourless glass, the knot of the stem, the beak’s rim, the handle’s wing and a band with blackberries on the body in applied turquoise glass, a yellow vitreous paste rim on the neck.
9.8 x 6.3 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 1.500
Lot 317
BLOWN AND ENGRAVED GLASS RELIQUIARY
17th-18th Century
On circular foot, with baluster stem, on the body an engraved doves decoration, the cover shaped and domed.
Height 10.2 in.
Starting price: € 800
Lot 318
THREE SMALL GLASS CHALICES
18th Century
Two of which are oval and one circular, one in girasol glass with a band with a gold and enamels geometric decoration band, one in engraved glass and one with ruby red glass borders.
Damages, breaks and old glued restorations.
The larger 4.7 x 3.5 x 2.7 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 319
BLOWN GLASS CHALICE WITH COVER
Venice or façon de Venise, 18th Century
In blown and engraved glass with scrolls and spirals, the stem with crested wings in blue cobalt glass, the cover surmounted by a blackberry.
Height 15 in.
Starting price: € 1.500
Lot 320
BLOWN GLASS CHALICE
Venice or façon de Venise, 18th Century
Decorated in polychrome enamels, with applied turquoise glass round handles.
Lacking of one of the handles, the stem cracked.
10.8 x 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 800
Lot 321
BLOWN GLASS CHALICE
Venice or façon de Venise, 17th-18th Century
Colorless glass, of tulip shape, with wing handles.
Height 8.3 in.
Starting price: € 1.200
Lot 322
BLOWN GLASS CHALICE
17th Century
Colourless glass, with balauster stem and ring handles.
Height 7.9 in.
Starting price: € 1.200
Lot 323
LOT COMPRISING FOUR MILLEFIORI MURRINA GLASS NECKLACES AND ONE BRACELET
Africa, probably Ghana, 19th Century
Cylindrical and round millefiori glass in different colors.
Damages.
This technique, also known as glass mosaic, was born 1500 BC. in Mesopotamia and was resumed in Venice in Roman times; glass beads are still produced in Ghana today and the technique has remained
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Starting price: € 400
Lot 324
LOT COMPRISING FOUR MILLEFIORI MURRINA GLASS NECKLACES AND ONE BRACELET
Africa, probably Ghana, 19th Century
Cylindrical and round millefiori glass in different colors.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 325
LOT COMPRISING THREE NECKLACES AND TWO BRACELETS IN MILLEFIORI MURRINA GLASS
Africa, probably Ghana, 19th Century
Cylindrical millefiori glass in different colors.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 326
THREE SMALL AMPHORAE AND ONE DOUBLE TEAR HOLDER IN GLASS PASTE
Copy from the ancient, 20th Century
In different colors, with 'a penne' decoration.
The taller lenght 7.28 in.
Starting price: € 2.000
Lot 327
FOUR CLEPSYDRAS
19th Century
In blown glass mounted in wrought iron, a wax seal with monogram applied to the top.
The larger 10.23 x 3,14 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 328
TWO GLASS CUPS AND ONE DISH
Venice, 18th Century
In lattimo and ruby glass 'retortoli' filigree.
Damages and cracks to the dish.
The dish diameter 5.51 in.
The filigree technique, invented in Murano in the first half of the 16th Century, involves the use of crystal 'canes' , previously prepared with lattimo or
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Starting price: € 600
Lot 329
EWER AND CUP WITH COVER
17th-18th Century
Spherical ewer, cylindrical tripod cup with spherical feet, with two handles, cover topped by a blackberry, both in colored glass with lattimo 'retortoli' filigree.
The ewer 10,03 x 5,51 in.
Starting price: € 800
Lot 330
BLOWN GLASS TAZZA
Venice or façon de Venise, 17th Century
In colorless glass, with pale green and cobalt blue glass bands and lattimo 'retortoli' filigree.
3.7 x 7.1 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 331
PAIR OF BLOWN GLASS CHALICES
Venice or façon de Venise, 17th Century
With lattimo 'a penne' decoration, the stem with dark green and colorless glass wing handles.
Height 9.8 in.
The arduous technique of "penne" decoration, also known as "graffito" or "fenicio", is obtained by applying lattimo strings combed with a special tool onto the
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Starting price: € 3.000
Lot 332
BLOWN GLASS CHALICE
19th Century
With parallel vertical bands, in white, pink and prune.
7.2 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 600
Lot 333
LARGE GLASS VASE
20th Century
Copy from the ancient, with extensive traces of oxidation.
Starting price: € 800
Lot 334
GLASS EWER
18th Century
Piriform, in cobalt blue glass and rose glass reticello filigree, with shaped handle.
Starting price: € 800
Lot 335
BLOWN GLASS VASE WITH COVER
17th-18th Century
Cylindrical, in colorless glass, with bands in lattimo and cobalt blue glass filigree, a blackberry on top of the cover.
10 x 4.5 in.
Starting price: € 500
Lot 336
PAIR OF BLOWN GLASS VASES WITH COVER
17th Century
Pyriform, on the body a polychrome enamels cartouche with Roman numerals XXII and XXV respectively, with two applied lion head handles with traces of gilding, a yellow glass ring applied to the base.
One of the covers not pertinent.
12.2 x 7.1 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 337
THREE BLOWN GLASS PHARMACY VASES
18th Century
In slightly amber glass, on the body a cartouche with initials in polychrome enamels.
The higher 8.66 x 3.14 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 338
FOUR GLASS VASES WITH COVER
17th-18th Century
With noble and ecclesiastical arms in black enamel on the body, one of which in form of goblet with a high graded lid and three cylindrical ones, with a ring-shaped cover handle.
Not all covers are pertinent.
Wear to the enamels.
The higher 14.96 x 5.51 in.
Starting price: € 600
Lot 339
FOUR GLASS VASES WITH COVER
17th-18th Century
Cylindrical, with noble and ecclesiastical arms in black enamel on the body, three with spherical cover handle and one in form of a wing
Wear to the enamels.
The larger one 14.76 x 5.11 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 340
TWO GLASS FARMACY VASES
17th-18th Century
Colorless glass, on the body a cartouche with the name of the preparation in polychrome enamels, with domed covers, one with a ribbon handle, the other one with a pear handle.
13.6 x 4.5 x 4.7 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 450
Lot 341
TWO GLASS FARMACY VASES
17th-18th Century
Colorless glass, on the body a cartouche with the name of the preparation in polychrome enamels.
One with rose glass cover, not pertinent.
Wear to the enamels.
11.6 x 4.5 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 342
GROUP OF TWO GLASS FARMACY VASES
17th-18th Century
Colorless glass, on the body a cartouche with the name of the preparation in polychrome enamels.
Wear to the enamels.
12.8 x 4.3 x 4.3 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 343
TWO GLASS FARMACY VASES
17th Century
Colorless glass, on the body a cartouche with the name of the preparation in polychrome enamels.
Wear to the enamels.
10.6 x 3.9 x 4.1 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 344
BLOWN GLASS STOUP
17th Century
Heart-shaped, in colorless glass, profiles with crested borders applied.
10 x 6.9 x 1.6 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 345
THREE BLOWN GLASS BOTTLES
17th Century
In green glass, the neck's rim in lattimo glass, two of them decorated on the front with busts of gentlemen and one with a lady, on all sides figures of dancers, in polychrome enamels.
Serious damages and wear to the enamels.
9.8 x 4.7 x 4.9 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 346
LOT OF THREE CHALICES, TWO GOBLETS AND A TANKARD IN GLASS
Germany, 19th-20th Century
In ruby and colorless engraved glass, with gilt bands and borders.
The taller 6.29 x 3.14 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 347
FOUR DIFFERENT CHALICES
Venice, end of 19th Century
In colored blown glass, on a tall elaborate stem, one in the form of a snake, one with a central mask and two with flowers.
The taller 13.77 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 800
Lot 348
SEVEN DIFFERENT GOBLETS
19th Century
In red and colorless glass, engraved with landscapes, historical buildings, country scenes and horses.
The larger one height 7.28 in., diameter 4.13in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 640
Lot 349
MISCELLANEA OF SEVEN DIFFERENT GLASS OBJECTS
Different ages
Including a crystal-ceramic glass chalice with feminine profile, 19th Century, an opal glass flask with polychrome enamels, a green glass box with polychrome enamels, a blue and colorless glass chalice, an ampoule with engraved profiles from the ancient, a biedermeier
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Starting price: € 800
Lot 350
GROUP OF FOUR DIFFERENT GLASS CHALICES AND ONE CUP
18th-19th Century
Two opal glass chalices with profiles on a black background within an oval reserve, with gilt scrolls and rims, two tall lattimo glass chalices with polychrome enamel knights and one lattimo glass cup with polychrome enamel putti.
Minor wear to the enamels.
The tallest
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Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500