FURNITURE, PAINTINGS, WORKS OF ART
AUCTION
Tuesday 22 September 2020
9.30 am | lots 1-292
2 pm | lots 293-665
Sala Bolaffi, Torino, via Cavour 17
VIEWING
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From Thursday 17 to Tuesday 22 September 2020, free entrance from 10 am to 6 pm.
Sala Bolaffi, Torino, via Cavour 17
Lot 451
Commode à demi-lune
19th Century
Fruit-wood, inlaid with geometrical threads, with three drawers.
Damages, cracks and detachments to the veneer.
33.9 x 54.7 x 22 in.
Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 800
Lot 452
Bureau
Late 18th Century
Veneered in walnut, with five drawers and a sliding top, on fluted legs.
Lot including also a walnut armchair with padded backrest.
Damages and lacks.
Bureau 32.7 x 51.2 x 25.2 in.
Armchair 29.1 x 24.8 x 19.7 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 700
Lot 453
Group of three carpets
Central Asia and Baluch, 1970 circa
Two on red ground, one on burgundy ground, all with geometrical decorations.
Wear and defects.
The larger 35.4 x 47.2 in.
Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 250
Lot 454
Commode
Piedmont, 18th Century and later
Rosewood, with inlaid twisted ribbon fillets, on tapered legs.
Replacements and remakes.
32.9 x 40.9 x 16.5 in.
Starting price: € 1.000
Lot 455
Demi-lune commode
Giuseppe Viglione, Turin, 1781
Inlaid in kingwood, maple wood and other essences, with linear motifs interrupted by gilt-bronze clasps on the frieze and with an elegant meander parquetry with trompe l'oeil tridimensional effect to frame the drawers, with gray marble top, three drawers on the front
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Starting price: € 10.000 | Sold for : € 15.000
Lot 456
Stories from Gerusalemme liberata
Tempera on canvas.
17.52 x 23.43 in.
Within elegant neoclassical wooden frames.
Starting price: € 15.000
Lot 457
Erminia among the shepherds
Oil on canvas.
15.35 x 24.41 in.
The scene comes from an episode of Torquato Tasso's "Gerusalemme liberata" in which Erminia gets up near the Jordan river and meets a hoary man who makes music with three young boys while weaving twigs to make a basket. The shepherds are
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Starting price: € 4.000
Lot 458
Domine quo vadis in an arcadic landscape 1777
Oil on canvas.
18.31 x 23.62 in.
Signed and dated 'Giuseppe Bacigalupo 1777' on the frame's reverse.
Starting price: € 3.000
Lot 459
Venus wounded by Diomedes
Oil on canvas.
30.71 x 35.63 in.
Famous depiction taken from Homer's Iliad, in which Venus, the goddess of love, trying to save her son Aeneas is wounded by Diomedes on the wrist. Not being a warrior goddess, she is saved by Iri who, having borrowed the horses from
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Starting price: € 6.000 | Sold for : € 9.500
Lot 460
Important frame
Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, last quarter of 18th Century
Carved gilt-wood, rectangular, shaped, with geometrical pattern carving, with large molding centered by a scroll surmounted by a shell and a bow between olive branches, from which rise two large flower and leaves wreaths falling to the sides.
106.3 x 76 x 5.5 in.
The
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Starting price: € 25.000
Lot 461
Cartel d'applique
Martinot, Paris, second half of 19th Century
Gilt-bronze, shaped, trellis decoration with falling laurel wreaths and acanthus leaves, a pine cone on top, white enamel dial, signed Martinot à Paris, with Roman and Arabic numeration.
24.8 x 11.8 x 4.7 in.
Starting price: € 1.000
Lot 462
Group of three chairs
18th-19th Century
Cream painted and gilt wood, with lyre back and canneté seat.
Damages to the canneté seats, wear.
35.8 x 17.7 x 15.7 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 275
Lot 463
Group of two armchairs and four chairs
18th-19th Century
Ocher and green painted wood, with geometric back, tapered and partially fluted column legs, cushions upholstered in silk, armchairs with scrolled armrests.
One armrest re-glued, wear.
36.6 x 22.8 x 19.7 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 464
Demi-lune commode
Piedmont, late 18th Century
Carved, painted in cream and gilt wood with flower trophies and falls, with gray marble shaped top, with two drawers and two side doors, on tapered and fluted column legs.
Minor lacks to the painting and to the gilding.
34.8 x
Starting price: € 10.000 | Sold for : € 15.000
Lot 465
Group of five miniatures depicting male figures
France and England, 18th-19th Century
Four in mixed media on paper, one oil on copper. One probably depicting an actor, the others gentlemen. Framed.
Different measures.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 466
Group of three miniatures depicting female figures
Probably France, 19th Century
Mixed media on paper, framed.
Different measures.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 467
Group of four miniatures
18th-19th Century
Three depicting female figures realized in mixed media on paper, the last one depicting a mythological figure painted in oil on copper. All framed.
Different measures.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 468
Miniature depicting Luis XVI and Marie Antoinette
France, 18th Century and later
Mixed media on paper, lot comprising other two male portraits and two engravings. Framed.
Different measures.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 469
Group of four miniatures depicting female figures
France and England, 18th-19th Century
Mixed media on paper, framed.
Different measures.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 470
Pair of briar and tortoise-shell boxes
18th-19th Century
Circular, with Mars and Jupiter profiles in high-relief on the covers, the inside lined in tortoise-shell.
Damages and breaks to one of the boxes.
Diameter 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 225
Lot 471
Female miniature
Probably France, early 19th Century
Pastels on paper, in elegant gilt bronze and mother of pearl frame with scrolled leaves on top.
4.7 x 3.7 in.
Starting price: € 50 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 472
Group of four miniatures depicting female figures
France and England, 18th-19th Century
Mixed media on paper, framed.
Different measures.
Starting price: € 250
Lot 473
Group of six miniatures depicting male figures
France and England, 18th-19th Century
Mixed media on paper, framed.
Different measures.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 474
Wooden snuff box with miniature
19th Century
With tortoise-shell internal rim, a rural scene miniature on the cover.
A crack on the cover's rim.
Diameter 3.1 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 475
Oval miniature
19th Century
Feminine miniature on ivory depicting the famous portrait of Beatrice Cenci by Guido Reni, mounted within a silver and gilt-metal frame with small beads set, the reserve visible under glass.
2.8 x 1.8 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 476
Tortoise-shell snuff box
19th Century
Circular, with gilt-metal internal rim.
Minor wear, on the cover traces of an applied crown, now missing.
Diameter 3.1 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 477
Group of four profiles
First half of 19th Century
Wax and stone sculptures, one depicting the famous politician, historiographer and writer Carlo Botta, one Napoleon and two others, in ebony, ebonized wood and gilt-metal.
Carlo Botta portrait 5.3 x 5.3 in. including the frame
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 700
Lot 478
Portrait of a gentleman 1829
Pastels on paper.
3.15 x 2.76 in.
Signed and dated lower right recto, in beautiful gilt bronze frame.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 850
Lot 479
Ivory ballet carnet
Italy, 19th Century
Rectangular, with a lady miniature within a gilt-metal oval frame, with two ivory pages inside, with a small metal and ivory pen supported by a metal chain.
3 x 2 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 480
Pair of miniature sculptures
Sicily, 19th Century
Ivory and glass, with ivory column stem, one depicting the Crucifixion, the other one a winter scene.
The higher 5.4 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 325
Lot 481
Group of six boxes
19th Century and later
Three tortoise-shell round small boxes, one in briar with bas-relief of landscape with architectures on the cover, one silver-plated metal and one rectangular in inlaid wood.
Breaks and lacks.
The briar box 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 482
Two silver-gilt and enamels eggs and a caviar bowl
Russia, 20th Century
With Fabergé and silversmith's marks in Cyrillic characters, with floral decorations in polychrome enamels, with cabochon glass paste. In the lot also a silver stand for one egg.
468 g
Eggs 4.1 x 2.8 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 483
Group of seven hard stones animals
20th Century
Two nephrite ducks and a tiger's eye one, an amethyst squirrel, an aventurine fish, a tiger eye turtle and one in lapis-lazuli. In the lot also two stone animals of archaic form, possibly Argentina.
Tiger's eye duck 4.7 x 2 x 2.2 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 484
Two wooden and silver walking sticks
Russia, early 20th Century
Both wooden, with silver tip and silver, silver-gilt and vitreous pastes knob in the form of a bulldog with openable mouth.
Bearing Fabergé mark and I.P. initial.
The longer 35.8 in.
Starting price: € 2.000
Lot 485
Group of silver and silver-plated objects
Comprising a group of twenty-four silver glasses, mostly Russia, 19th-20th Century, a set of twelve silver-gilt and enamels small spoons and another one different, a set of six silver-gilt and enamels small forks, a silver cake spoon, a set of three silver and
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Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 486
Icon on board
Saint Petersbourg or Central Russia, mid-19th Century
Depicting Saints Constantine and Elena.
8.9 x 6.7 in.
Starting price: € 500
Lot 487
Icon on board
Saint Petersbourg or Central Russia, mid-19th Century
Depicting the nativity of the Virgin.
8.9 x 6.7 in.
Starting price: € 600
Lot 488
Orthodox icon on board
19th Century
Depicting a Saint who indicates the sky.
8.7 x 6.7 in.
Starting price: € 350
Lot 489
Group of five travel icons
19th Century and later
One depicting a chosen Saint marked Moscow 1863, two depicting of the Mother of God of Kazan, late 19th Century, a St. Nicholas with metal riza, 20th Century and a handheld icon of the Orthodox saint, late 19th Century.
The larger 2.8 x 2.2 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 450
Lot 490
Miniature chest-of-drawers
Piedmont, 18th-19th Century
Walnut, with two drawers, brass handles and friezes, on tapered legs.
Minor damages to the top, wear.
6.8 x 11.8 x 6.5 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 491
Kazak carpet
Caucasus, 1880 circa
Typical geometrical decoration on a red ground and a border on blue ground.
Wear and defects.
82.7 x 70.9 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 492
Kirman Carpet
Persia, 1900 circa
Arabesque decoration on a red and blue ground, border with elegant floral motifs.
63 x 96.9 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 493
Ceramic anthroporphic whistle vase
Peru, Chimú culture, 10th-12th Century
Globular body vase joined trough a bridge-shaped handle to a seated anthropomorphic figure.
5.9 x 7.9 x 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 500
Lot 494
Silver and silver-gilt tea set
Latvia, 19th-20th Century
Comprising teapot, milk jug, sugar bowl and cookie stand, bombé, with vertical flutes, gilt inside. Also marked with Russian marks, Fabergé mark and LR initials.
2.612 g
9.6 x 11.4 x 6.3 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 495
Retour d'Egypte oil lamp
Probably Rome, early 19th Century
On yellow and white marble rectangular base with oval mount, with patinated bronze stem depicting an Egyptian figure holding a double oil lamp and the snuffer with chain, with bronze and fabric arch lampshade.
Minor defects, damages to the lampshade fabric.
16.1 x 6.1 x
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Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 1.800
Lot 496
Pair of Retour d'Egypte half columns
19th Century
Plaster carved with hieroglyphics, scenes of everyday life and Egyptian gods, with modern wooden base.
82.7 x 23.6 in.
Starting price: € 1.000
Lot 497
Sunset over the Atlas
Oil on canvas.
39.57 x 25.00 in.
With the opening of the Suez Canal, the appeal of the Near East had become more relevant than ever, and the demand for Orientalist-themed works increasingly important on the market also thanks to the resounding international success of
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Starting price: € 10.000 | Sold for : € 10.000
Lot 498
Mattino nei dintorni di Sultaniè 1858
Oil on canvas.
10.63 x 18.35 in.
Signed and dated lower right recto.
Bearing on the reverse labels of 'Galleria d'arte Fogliato', Turin and 'Galleria Il Prisma', Cuneo.
Pasini's passion for the Near East was born during an incredible diplomatic mission in Tehran in
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Starting price: € 30.000
Lot 499
Walnut dressing table
First half of 19th Century
With shaped base and column legs with gilt-bronze finials, with two drawers, a mirror and five compartments inside the top.
Damages to the top, the inside mirror broken.
31.5 x 26.8 x 18.5 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 500
Three biscuit figures
19th Century
Representing two female figures from the ancient, one of which marked 583 and inscribed 'biscuit de Vienne' and a faun.
The faun broken and restored.
11.8 x 5.1 x 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200