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
LIU HAI RIDING THE TOAD
China, Qing dynasty, late 17th-18th Century
Stoneware painted with iron oxide over the glaze. White translucent crackled glaze with bluish highlights. Liu Hai is holding the toad with his hands under its throat. On the reverse, in addition to
Starting price: € 1.500
ELEPHANT SADDLED AND HARNESSED IN JADE
China, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign period (1736-1795)
Céladon-coloured nephrite on one side, with russet vein on the other, carved in the round but plain. On both sides of the saddle cover there is finely engraved scenery of
Starting price: € 3.000 | Sold for : € 10.000
LARGE BOWL
China, 20th Century
Green jade with white inclusions.
4.9 x 12 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 550
TWO LONGQUAN CERAMIC DISHES
China, Ming dynasty, 14th-15th Century
Circular section with ring base, rounded walls and barbed rim, incised and moulded decoration, one with a floral composition the other with a geometric pattern to the centre of the interior, both with an
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.000
PAIR OF AGATE HANDLED BOWLS
China, 20th Century
Both standing on a circular base, two handles shaped as an animal's head with a movable ring.
1.5 x 3.1 x 2 in.
Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 300
PAIR OF PORCELAIN PEACHES
China, 19th-20th Century
Naturalistically moulded with the branch with leaves in relief, painted in polychromy.
3.5 x 5.7 x 4.7 in.
Starting price: € 300
LARGE 'SWATOW' CERAMIC DISH
China, 17th Century
Circular section with ring base and rounded walls, a pale blue glaze. Natural defects.
Diameter 14.96 in.
Starting price: € 400
THREE SMALL CORAL SCULPTURES
China, early 20th Century
One depicting Shoulao, the other two a boy, coral of an intense red tone.
The higer 3.27 in.
Starting price: € 900 | Sold for : € 1.000
TWO EMBROIDERIES
China, 20th Century
Both embroidered in polychromy on a red ground with scenes with figures inspired by the traditional theatre, one with a silk ground the other with a rougher fabric. The embroideries have been used in 1987 on the set of the film The
Starting price: € 3.000
LONGQUAN CERAMIC LARGE DISH
China, Ming dynasty, 14th-15th Century
Circular section with ring base and rounded walls, incised and moulded decoration of floral scrolls and geometric motif to the centre of the interior, whole surface covered with a thick céladon glaze;
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.000