FURNITURE, PAINTINGS, WORKS OF ART
AUCTION
Tuesday, April 2 2019 - Sala Bolaffi, Via Cavour 17, Turin
11am
VIEWING
from Thursday 28 March to Tuesday 2 April (Sunday included) from 10am until 6pm
Sala Bolaffi, via Cavour 17, Turin
Lot 1
SILVER BRACELET
China, Yao, early 20th Century
The two finials in the shape of dragon's heads.
3.1 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 80 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 2
SILVER BRACELET
China, Yao, early 20th Century
3 x 3.1 in.
Starting price: € 80 | Sold for : € 125
Lot 3
TWO LARGE SILVER NECKLACES
China, Yao, 20th Century
With a series of concentric rings.
19.7 x 17.7 in.
Starting price: € 800
Lot 4
SILVER NECKLACE
China, Yao, early 20th Century
Decorated with an interlaced motif.
8.7 x 8.3 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 5
FOUR SILVER ORNAMENTS
China, Yao, early 20th Century
In the shape of a couple of spirals joined by a central S.
11 x 5.1 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 325
Lot 6
SILVER BRACELET
China, Yao, early 20th Century
3 x 3.1 in.
Starting price: € 80 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 7
THREE SILVER NECKLACES
China, Yao, early 20th Century
Decorated in relief with two confronting dragons with a tao symbol between them.
10.24 x 11.02 in. and smaller
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 8
GROUP OF TEN PAINTINGS WITH DEITIES
China, Yao, early 20th century
Ink and bright colours on paper, each of a deity or a scene with deities and devotees. Some stains.
41.3 x 17.3 in.
Starting price: € 800
Lot 10
SIX PORCELAIN CONTAINERS WITH COVERS AND A BOTTLE VASE
China, 20th Century
Group consisting of five circular boxes with covers, a container with cover with handle and a pear-shaped bottle vase, All the pieces enamelled in polychromy with floral arabesques and reserves
Starting price: € 500
Lot 11
SMALL PORCELAIN AMPHORA
China, 20th Century
Porcelain painted in underglaze blue, the body with a scene with figures on a terrace enclosed by arabesques, two small handles.
Height 5.91 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 12
GROUP OF THREE MAIOLICA BOTTLES
Possibly England, 19th-20th Century
Two rectangular bottles and a hexagonal jug with cover in white and blue maiolica, the hexagonal one with a coat-of-arms on the front.
3.7 x 2.8 x 2.2 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 13
PORCELAIN VASE
China, 20th Century
Painted in underglaze blue with a flowered branch, three good omen characters and an inscription; four characters mark to the centre of the base.
Height 4.72 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 14
PORCELAIN STEM CUP
China, 20th Century
Painted in underglaze blue, the external surface with floral scrolls, apocryphal six characters Xuande mark to the centre of the interior.
3.7 x 6.1 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Estimate : € 300 - 600 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 15
TWO INKSTONES WITH BOXES
China, 20th Century
The square inkstone with stylized motifs and an inscription to the back, the rectangular one with a qilin on a side and an inscription to the back, the two wooden boxes with a carved inscription on the covers.
From 4.53 x 4.53
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 225
Lot 16
PAINTING OF A CARP
China, 20th Century
Ink on paper, the fish amidst aquatic plants, signed on the higher left corner with seal.
Creases.
50 x 25.2 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 17
NINE SEALS AND A BRUSH IN A BOX
China, 20th Century
Seals in ivory, bone, stone and wood, brush in bone, carved inscription on the cover of the box.
Dfferent measures.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 18
PORTRAIT OF ANCESTORS
China, 19th Century
Ink and colours on silk, depicting an old couple amidst commemorative tablets with inscriptions; damaged.
76 x 43.3 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 19
PORTRAIT OF ANCESTORS
China, early 20th Century
Ink and colours on paper, depicting a family group with male and female figures arranged into four parallel rows amidst commemorative tablets with inscriptions; creases and lacerations.
60.6 x 68.5 in.
Starting price: € 500
Lot 20
PORTRAIT OF ANCESTORS
China, early 20th century
Ink and colours on paper, depicting a family group with three figures, a man and two ladies. Restored, abrasions.
51.2 x 43.3 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 21
PORTRAIT OF ANCESTORS
China, early 20th Century
Ink and colours on paper, depicting a family group with twenty-five male and female figures arranged into four parallel rows; stains, especially in the upper section.
90.6 x 57.5 in.
Starting price: € 500
Lot 22
PORTRAIT OF ANCESTORS
China, early 20th Century
Ink and colours on paper, depicting a family group with eight male and female figures arranged into two parallel rows amidst commemorative objects with inscriptions.
66.1 x 41.3 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 23
WOODEN ARMCHAIR
China, 19th-20th Century
Back carved to the centre with a stylized shou character, upper section with a bird, lower section with a geometrical motif.
40.6 x 22.4 x 26 in.
Starting price: € 350 | Sold for : € 350
Lot 24
PAIR OF WOODEN ARMCHAIRS
China, 19th-20th Century
Seat carved to simulate the effect of interlaced bamboo.
46.1 x 24.8 x 17.7 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 325
Lot 25
WOODEN CHEST
China or Tibet, 20th Century
With metal accessories, decorated in polychromy on a black lacquered ground with figures in a landscape with architectures.
26 x 22 x 32.3 in.
Starting price: € 500
Lot 26
LOW WOODEN TABLE
China, 20th Century
Rectangular shape, the exterior with a red lacquered ground painted in polychromy with floral and geometric motifs.
18.1 x 47.2 x 18.9 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 450
Lot 27
LARGE WOODEN SEAL
Tibet, 20th Century
Rectangular shape, the handle shaped as a Buddhist lion.
3.9 x 12.2 x 5.9 in.
Starting price: € 350 | Sold for : € 350
Lot 28
STONE SCULPTURE WITH A RECLINED BOY
Tibet, early 20th Century
Figure of a boy with his head on a pillow on a rectangular base.
4.3 x 8.3 x 5.1 in.
Starting price: € 350 | Sold for : € 350
Lot 29
SMALL WOODEN COFFER
Tibet, early 20th Century
With metal accessories, rectangular section, the front painted in polychromy with a buddhist lion in the landscape inside a lobed cartouche reserved on a geometric ground and framed by a Greek meander.
12.6 x 19.3 x 12.6 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 30
WOODEN BOX WITH COVER
Tibet, early 20th Century
Painted in red with six square trays inside.
5.1 x 11.8 x 18.1 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 31
THREE WOODEN BOXES AND COVERS
Tibet, early 20th Century
Circular section and domed cover with a flat upper surface, painted in polychromy on a black ground with flowers, fruits and birds compositions, along the sides a series of rectangular panels with interlaced
Starting price: € 200
Lot 32
BOX WITH COVER
Tibet, 20th Century
Wood, painted to the exterior in polychromy with landscapes with pavillions.
6.3 x 13.8 x 13.8 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 33
SILVER FLASK AND COVER
Tibet or X'ian, early 20th Century
Pear-shaped body surmounted by an inclined neck, bird-shaped cover joined with a chain to the dragon-shaped handle, exterior of the container with two lobed cartouches with gilded phoenixes reserved on a ground of
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 34
SILVER CONTAINER WITH COVER
Tibet or X'ian, early 20th Century
Cylindrical container and domed cover with pierced walls, series of couples of birds in high relief and gilded, a hemispherical handle with a chain.
Height 7.87 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 1.100
Lot 35
SILVER EWER WITH COVER
Tibet or X'ian, early 20th Century
Hexagonal section, body with six panels, each with a phoenix or a dragon on a ground of floral meanders, domed cover with a globular finial, handle shaped as a dragon, curved spout with the base in the shape of a
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 36
PAIR OF SILVER ZOOMORPHIC INCENSE BURNERS
Tibet or X'ian, early 20th Century
Shaped as recumbent rams standing on a rectangular base with four feet, the lotus flower shaped container supported by a cylindrical stem rising from the back of the animals, the body of the rams
Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 2.200
Lot 37
WOODEN WEDDING CHEST
Tibet or Mongolia, 20th Century
Front painted in polychromy with a decoration of seated boys and groups of flowers.
36.6 x 57.5 x 22.8 in.
Starting price: € 1.000
Lot 38
THANGKA
Tibet, 19th Century
Ink and colours on silk, to the centre a seated green Tara surrounded by deities in a landscape. Damages.
29.9 x 20.5 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 39
SEVEN STEM CUPS, ONE CONTAINER, ONE BELT AND TWO BOOK COVERS
Tibet, early 20th Century
Silver bowls with a moulded and gilded decoration of good omen objects, leather container with stone-inlaid and partially gilded silver plaques, leather belt with silver plaques and
Starting price: € 1.500
Lot 40
THANGKA
Tibet, 20th Century
Ink and colors on canvas, to the center a circular mandala surrounded by a number of deities.
30.3 x 20.9 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 41
PAIR OF SILVER ZOOMORPHIC INCENSE BURNERS
Tibet or X'ian, early 20th Century
Globular container with a pierced cover supported by a stem shaped as a seated animal standing on a larger Buddhist lion, the exterior embellished with incised, moulded and gilded details, three
Starting price: € 2.000 | Sold for : € 3.400
Lot 42
TWO SILVER DISHES
Tibet or X'ian, early 20th Century
Rim with six lobes, embossed, incised and partially gilded decoration consisting in floral meanders and phoenixes.
9.3 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 43
SILVER EWER
Tibet or X'ian, early 20th Century
Shaped as a mythological turtle with head as spout and tail as handle, decoration with incised and gilded details.
Height 7.08 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 800
Lot 44
PAIR OF CABINETS
Tibet, 20th Century
Wood with red lacquer, the front of both painted in polychromy with a decoration of stylized clouds and bats.
34.6 x 26 x 15 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 950
Lot 45
PORCELAIN DOUBLE GOURD VASE
Japan, Edo period, early 19th century
Painted with polychrome enamels, the body with circular medallions with real and mythological animals reserved on a geometric ground, Kutani Fuku mark to the centre of the base.
Height 14.17 in.
Provenien
read allStarting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 1.500
Lot 46
CARVING OF SHOKI CATCHING AN ONI
Japan, Meiji period
Finely carved, incised and stained ivory, the decorative sculpture (okimono) depicting the demons' queller Shoki taking an oni with a noose to its neck.
Height 3.94 in.
Starting price: € 350 | Sold for : € 350
Lot 47
LARGE PORCELAIN IMARI DISH
Japan, Meiji period
Finely painted in polychomy and gold, to the centre of the interior a scene inside a folding screen with two courtesans and an attendant, another scene with two figures in a landscape inside a smaller cartouche, all
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 750
Lot 48
GROUP OF IVORY FIGURES
Japan, Meiji period
Decorative sculpture (okimono) carved with a scene taking place near a stream, a young lady with a child in her arms crossing a wooden bridge, an old man sitting at an extremity of it, another boy looking at the carp in the
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 49
WOODEN FIVE TRAYS
Japan, 20th Century
Lacquered red, all the sides with a large lobed opening.
Larger tray 7.87 x 14.17 x 14.17 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 325
Lot 50
PAIR OF CERAMIC PHO DOGS WITH GUARDIAN
Japan, 19th Century
Ceramic polychrome glazed sculptures on double level bases.
Minor damages.
19.3 x 24.4 in.
Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 2.400