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 As regards the paintings there are important pictures of the 17th and 18th Century, among which an unpublished canvas by a young Luca Giordano and a great mythological scene by Lorenzo Pasinelli.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 121
THANGKA BHAVACAKRA
Tibet, 20th Century
Traditional representation of the so-called Wheel of Existence, with the Three Poisons in the center (greed, ignorance and hate) represented respectively by rooster, boar and snake inside a band in which the growth of man is depicted,
in the six segments six divine and
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Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 122
PRAYER REEL
Tibet, 20th Century
Made of an ivory handle and a silver cylinder with ivory band with carved Mantra, which rotates on a central pin. The cylinder, that can be opened, contains the prayer roll, tightly wrapped around itself.
11.4 x 2.8 in.
The Mani, or prayer reel, is a prayer tool used by
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Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 800
Lot 123
BUDDHA'S HEAD
South East Asia, 20th Century
In ebonized wood, with strongly elongated ears.
9.1 x 4.5 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 124
DECORATIVE METAL SPHERE
India, 19th Century
With embossed warrior figures, mounted on a quadrangular plexiglass base.
Bruises.
15.4 x 5.7 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 125
BRAHMA'S HEAD
India, probably 12th Century
Stone sculpture.
Losses and wear.
15.7 x 9.5 x 15 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 126
BUDDHA
Thailand, 20th Century
In 16th-17th Century style, in gilt bronze, depicting the seated Buddha in a dhyanasana position, on a triangular base.
The gilding slightly damaged.
13 x 9.1 x 5.1 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 127
TANTRIC DIVINITY ON THE LOTUS FLOWER
Nepal, 20th Century
In cast copper, the figures are inserted into the base with two unfixed pins. They are Vajrakilaya, a deity capable of removing obstacles and destroying the demons that hinder the path to Buddhist enlightenment.
5.1 in.
Starting price: € 700 | Sold for : € 700
Lot 128
BRONZE MUSICIAN PRINCE
Thailand, 19th-20th Century
Sitting on a rectangular slab supported by shrubs the figure, probably depicting Prince Pra Apai Manee, is playing a small chest lute, the head slightly tilted down, on the naked bust a gorgeous pectoral with star pendant, the ear lobes elongated and with earrings, on
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Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 129
TWO GILT AND BURNISHED BRASS FIGURES
Nepal, 20th Century
Depicting the bodhisattva Amitayus and the bodhisattva Manjusri, both sealed with a copper plate at the base, the second with dedication to the patron engraved at the base.
Height 8.7 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 130
STANDING BUDDHA IN GILT BRONZE
Thailand, 19th Century
The figure rests on a hemispherical base placed on a pedestal with sloping steps, dressed in a suit that expands between waist and knees assuming the shape of a cape, holds the arms raised at the elbow and wears a high hat with a pointed end.
24 x 6.3 x 6.3 in.
Starting price: € 400