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
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
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
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
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
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
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
BUDDHA
Thailand, Ayutthaya period, 16th-17th Century
Bronze with fusion material inside.
Height 6.10 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 275
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
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
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