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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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Starting price: € 1.700 | Sold for : € 1.700
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