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 101
WOODEN SCREEN
China, 20th Century
Four panels, decorated in relief with the addiction of bone and mother-of-pearl inlays with a continuous scene of children playing in a landscape with architectures, the lower section of each panel with a Buddhist lion inside a square
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 550
Lot 102
BLACK-GREY STONE HEAD OF GUANYIN
China, 20th Century
Sculpture depicting the profile of the head of Guanyin, the details of the hair in high and low relief, glued wood base.
10.6 x 5.1 x 4.3 in.
Provenienza/Provenance
Four Treasures Art Gallery, Hong Kong, anni '70.
Collez
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 350
Lot 103
THREE CERAMIC FIGURES OF DIGNITARIES
China, Ming dynasty
Ceramic partially covered with breen and yellow glaze, each of the figures standing on a hexagonal base, wearing a dress with wide sleeves, the extractable head with a conical hat.
The higher 15.55 x 4.53 x 3.54
Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 800
Lot 104
WHITE PORCELAIN DIGNITARY FIGURE
China, Ming dinasty
Hand fingers and flower broken. The broken fingers have been preserved. Lot accompanied by export license.
Height 12.6 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 2.800
Lot 105
FIVE SMALL SCULPTURES
China and Japan, early 20th Century
A turquoise female figure on a wooden base with silver inlay, a green stone female figure, two painted bone snuff bottles shaped as female figures, an ivory netsuke of a demon with movable face.
The higher 4.25
Starting price: € 500
Lot 107
BALUSTER VASE IN FAMILLE VERTE
China, Qing dynasty, 19th-20th Century
On the body flower, rock and peach branches decoration, within reserves on a white background, the base of the neck with a trellis decoration.
17.7 x 5.9 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 650
Lot 108
BODHISATTVA WITH GOLD-PLATED BRONZE HALO
Northern China, 20th Century
Trace of the seal of export authorization. Buddha standing on the lotus flower, right hand is raised in a gesture of reassurance, abhaya mudra. The back bears a votive inscription, with the date
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 750
Lot 109
IMPORTANT DISH SET
China, second half of 19th Century
Composed of ten flat and ten fruit dishes, two soup tureens, two sauce boats, three leaf plates, an oval dish with openwork edge, four large oval serving dishes and four smaller ones, all the pieces with a rich
Starting price: € 8.000
Lot 110
PAIR OF CARVED LACQUER VASES
China, 20th Century
Layers of red and black lacquer, deeply carved with figurative scenes depicted on the body, peonies on the neck and above the base. Various cracks.
Height 15.6 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 950
Lot 111
GROUP OF FOUR PORCELAIN OBJECTS
China, 19th-20th Century
A dish with blue decoration on céladon ground, a rectangular section flask with a polychrome decoration of ladies in a garden, a blue and red decorated snuff bottle with coral stopper and apocryphal Yongzheng mark,
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 800
Lot 112
TWO PORCELAIN BOTTLE VASES
China, 19th-20th Century
With circular section and cylindrical neck, one with the handles shaped as an elephant head with fixed rings, the other with the handles shaped as a stylized animal with movable rings; restorations.
Higher vase 8.07
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 850
Lot 113
EBONIZED WOOD STOOL
China, 19th-20th Century
Shaped, carved with floral motifs and dragons, with shaped marble top.
21.3 x 16.9 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 114
FIGURES IN A LANDSCAPE
China, 19th - 20th Century
Ink and colours on silk, three hunters in a lakescape with mountains in the upper section, frame.
112.6 x 43.3 in.
Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 800
Lot 115
PAIR OF CERAMIC BALUSTER VASES AND COVERS
Berlin, early 19th century
Circular section with rounded shoulders, cylindrical neck surmountend by a domed cover with a large finial shaped as a rooster, the whole external surface painted in polychromy and gold on a red ground
Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 3.400
Lot 116
CHINOISERIE PANEL
19th Century
Mixed technique on paper framed, depicting a figure in a landscape with two birds on a branch. Lot accompanied by export license.
53.3 x 34.4 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 117
PAIR OF PANELS
Nothern Italy, 18th Century
Ink and colors on paper, the two panels showing a similar scene with figures of soldiers and children in a landscape with architectures and a side of a lake, on the left side a branch of flowers with two birds; wood frame and
Starting price: € 1.200 | Sold for : € 1.200
Lot 118
PORCELAIN BUDAI SCULPTURE
China, Kangxi period and Europe, mid 18th Century
A turquoise glazed porcelain sculpture of a seated Budai with a gilt bronze mount cosisting in a lobed base with polychrome 'Meissen flowers'.
Height 3.54 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 1.200
Lot 119
METAL CHINESE SOLDIER
Europe, 19th Century
Figure standing on a wooden base, an arrow in the right hand and a bow in the left one, holding a sedan on his shoulders, painted in polychromy.
Height 11.02 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 325
Lot 120
Plaster FIGURE OF A CHINESEMAN
Probably Piedmont, 20th Century
Painted in polychromy, standing figure wearing a long dress and a conical hat, movable head.
Height 33.46 in.
Starting price: € 500
Lot 121
GROUP OF EIGHT CERAMIC OBJECTS
Thailand, 15th-16th Century
Céladon glazed ceramic, four small jarlets, three human figures and an elephant.
The higher 4.33 in.
Starting price: € 500
Lot 122
CERAMIC JAR
Khmer, 11th-12th Century
Compressed globular body and small circular mouth, dark brown glaze with an incised decoration of stylized motifs.
Height 3.54 in.
Jars with this shape were probably used to contain oil, or as oil lamps (Khmer Glazed Ceramics,
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 350
Lot 123
TWO PORCELAIN CONTAINERS WITH COVERS
Vietnam, early 16th Century
Circular section, the exterior with a floral decoration in blue enamel, one faded; modern wood bases.
From 1.97 x 2.95 to 2.36 x 3.54 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 124
GROUP OF FIVE CERAMIC BOWLS
China and Thailand, 13th-16th Century
Four with a céladon glaze and incised and moulded decoration, one with a decoration of flowers painted in blue around a 'biscuit' fish.
Maximum diameter 5.71 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 125
SMALL WOODEN COFFER
Tibet, 20th Century
With metal accessories, sides and cover painted in polychromy with a Buddhist lion inside a frame with stylized floral scrolls.
12.6 x 11.8 x 11.8 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 175
Lot 126
PAIR OF CARDS HOLDERS
Western Asia, 19th-20th Century
Wood with a geometric decoration of bone, metal and hard wood inlays.
3.9 x 3 in.
Starting price: € 150
Lot 127
BUDDHA
Thailand, Ayutthaya period, 16th-17th Century
Bronze with fusion material inside.
Height 6.10 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 275
Lot 128
THANGKA
Tibet, 19th Century
Painted in polychromy on fabric, the thangka depicting to the centre the figure of Thangtong Gyalpo (1385-1464) – an ascetic disciple of the Buddha, famous also as an engineer, an architect and an expert in the working of metal – surrounded by
Starting price: € 200
Lot 129
THANGKA WITH SROG LHA
Mongolia, 19th Century
Ink and colours on fabric, silk frame.
14.4 x 11 in.
The main deity depicted in this thangka is Srog Lha, one of the Five Personal Gods, the other four - Yul Lha, Po Lha, Mo Lha and Dra Lha – depicted in the lower zone of the
Starting price: € 1.500
Lot 130
THANGKA WITH BUDDHA
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. Faded and somewhat
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 8.000
Lot 131
THANGKA 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. Lot accompanied by export license.
Image 28.27 x 19.29 in., full canvas
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 1.100
Lot 132
THANGKA WITH SHRI DEVI
Mongolia, 18th-19th Century
Ink and colours on fabric, silk frame.
13.8 x 10.2 in.
The central figure of this finely painted thangka is Shri Devi Magzor Gyalmo (“the queen with the power of turning back the armies”), a deity often evocated in
Starting price: € 1.000
Lot 133
THANGKA WITH WHITE TARA
Mongolia, 19th Century
Ink and colours on fabric, silk frame.
14.4 x 11 in.
The deity here depicted is the White Tara (Mrtyuvancanopadesa Tara). Born from a tear in the left eye of the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, she radiates mercy, compassion and
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 134
MAIOLICA DISH
Rossetti, Turin, first half of 18th Century
White and blue maiolica, shaped, the rim with foliage scrolls, centered by a foliage reserve.
The dish is the left one of the picture
Diameter 11 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 136
MAIOLICA DISH
Probably Leroy, Marseille, 1730 circa
Shaped, in white and blue maiolica, the rim with foliage scrolls, centered by a flower.
The dish is the one on the right side of the picture
Diameter 9.8 in.
Bibliografia/Literature
AA.VV., Ceramica antica, n. 2., Febbraio
Starting price: € 400
Lot 137
TWO SILVER SUGAR BOWLES AND A SILVER MUSTARD CUP
Turin, 18th Century
The two sugar bowles marked Turin, second half of the 18th Century, assayer Giovanni Battista Carron. One oval, embossed with scrolls and rocailles on an opaque ground, silversmith Carlo Fin, the other
Starting price: € 1.200 | Sold for : € 2.800
Lot 138
SILVER SUGAR BOWL
Turin, 1780 circa
Oval, with lambrequin feet, an opacified reserves with garlands of embossed roses decoration, a dahlia on top.
Assay and contre-assay marks of Carlo Micha
240 g
4.1 x 4.1 x 3.3 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 2.200
Lot 139
THREE SILVER SUGAR BOWLS
Turin, late 18th Century
Two with assay and contre-assay mark by Giuseppe Fontana,one with rocailles on opacified ground, the other godrooned and fluted, the third with Giuseppe Vernoni assay and contre-assay mark, smooth with a pine cone on top.
6
Starting price: € 1.700 | Sold for : € 1.700
Lot 140
SILVER COFFEE POT AND CHOCOLATE POT
Chambery and Turin, 18th-19th Century
Coffee pot piriform, smooth, tripod, with turned wooden handle, Chambery, first half of 19th Century. Chocolate pot piriform on a circular base, with turned wooden handle, with worn marks for Turin,
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 141
TWO SILVER STANDS
Turin, second half of 18th Century
On circular base, polylobate, smooth.
Dents and scratches.
1.524 g
2.8 x 9.8 in.
Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 2.200
Lot 142
THREE ÉGOISTE TEA POTS
Two in silver with wooden handles, piriform, with marks for Turin late 18th Century and one in agate, with dragon head handle, on a wooden base.
The agate one 4.3 x 5.5 x 3.1 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 4.000
Lot 143
CHOCOLATE POT AND ÉGOISTE COFFEE POT
Possibly Paris, 18th-19th Century
Chocolate pot piriform, tripod, a coat of arms and two initials engraved on the body, with turned wooden handle, the cylindrical égoiste coffee pot smooth, with turned wooden handle.
Wear, dents,
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 144
THREE CHAMBER CANDLESTICKS
France and Turin, 18th-19th Century
One tripod, circular, shaped with a turned wooden handle, Turin, late 18th Century, one octagon-shaped with a turned ebonized wooden handle, France, 1819-1838 and a circular one, with silver scrolled handle,
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 900
Lot 145
TWO SILVER COFFEE POTS
Turin, 18th Century
Small damages, restorations.
614 g comprising the wooden handles.
The larger 7.1 x 6.9 x 3.7 in.
Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 850
Lot 146
SILVER CHOCOLATE POT
Giuseppe Mandola, Turin, 1770 circa
Tripod with twisted legs, piriform with twisted flutes, with turned wooden handle. Bartolomeo Pagliani assay and contre-assay mark.
870 g
9.4 x 8.9 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 2.000 | Sold for : € 3.000
Lot 147
THREE SILVER ECUELLES
Turin, 18th Century and later
Two gilt inside, with the mark of the essayer Bartolomeo Bernardi, one probably assembled.
Restorations and replacements.
1588 g
The larger 4.1 x 10.2 x 5.6 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 2.000
Lot 148
SILVER COFFEE POT
Giuseppe Mandola, Turin, late 18th Century
Tripod with geometric feet, piriform, smooth, the finials of the legs and of the beak with acanthus leaves. With turned wooden handle, probably replaced.
Some dents.
850 g comprising the wooden handle.
10.4 x 9.4
Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 2.200
Lot 149
SILVER ÉCUELLE
Turin, 1760 circa
Circular with ear handles with ribbons and flowers, the cover embossed with twisted reserves and flowers trophies, a pomegranate on top.
Restorations.
602 g
4.3 x 10.6 x 6.7 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 3.200
Lot 150
PAIR OF PHARMACY MAIOLICA VASES WITH COVER
18th Century
Baluster-shaped, in white and blue maiolica, with floral decoration and masks, the preparation name in black on the center.
9.8 x 5.9 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 600