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
From Thursday 10 September by appointment only (+39 011 0199101; info@astebolaffi.it).
From Thursday 17 to Tuesday 22 September 2020, free entrance from 10 am to 6 pm.
Sala Bolaffi, Torino, via Cavour 17
Lot 121
Grey schist fragment of a frieze with figures
Gandhara, 2nd-3rd Century
The high relief-decoration consisting of the Buddha on the right receiving three worshippers near a tree, on the higher zone a band with winged fantastic animals.
9.8 x 4.7 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 122
Two ceramic ewers
Iran, 11th-13th Century
Both unglazed and with globular body, one with cylindrical neck and flared mouth, the other with restored curved handle between the mouth and the shoulder, decorated with moulded geometrical motifs.
Height 8.3 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 123
Metal alloy padmasambhava
Nepal, 18th-19th Century
The founder of Tibetan Buddhism depicted seated, wearing a wide robe, a vajra in the right hand and a vessel in the left one, an elaborate diadem with an high cylindrical pinnacle to the center of the head.
Height 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 325
Lot 124
Group of four xylographies
Japan, second half of 19th Century
'Birds and flowers' compositions, one in polychromy by Hiroshige (1797-1858), the other three from a book by Umemine published in 1881.
The larger 8.4 x 11.7 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 125
Two porcelain bowls with cover
Vietnam, early 16th Century
Circular section, the exterior with a floral decoration in blue enamel, one faded; modern wooden bases.
From 1.97 x 2.95 to 2.36 x 3.54 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 126
Lacquered and gilt-wood Buddha
Burma, Shan, 18th-19th Century
Deity sitting cross-legged in the dyanasana position, the left hand resting on the feet with the palm open upwards, the right hand in the bhumisparshamudra, dressed in a robe that leaves part of the chest uncovered, the face in a meditative expression, elongated ear
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Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 950
Lot 127
Pair of lacquered and gilt-wooden kneeling figures
Burma, early 20th Century
Two monks depicted seated in a gentle pose, one with his hands folded to his chest in a sign of prayer, the other with his arms stretched at his sides, some details of the robes highlighted by the inlay of colored glass.
10.2 x 9.4 x 8.7 in.
Starting price: € 800
Lot 128
Gilt bronze standing Buddha
Thailand, 19th Century
Standing deity with the right arm extended along the side and the left arm bent at the elbow with the hand with open palm in the abhayamudra, dressed in a large robe that leaves the right shoulder uncovered, elongated ear lobes and a hemispherical usnisa protuberance,
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Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 900
Lot 129
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: € 250
Lot 130
Large decorative panel
Burma, early 20th Century
Embroidered fabric with inserts of metal rings, the kalaga-type panel depicting four elephants led by male figures at work to move trunks, in the center of the composition a tree.
39.4 x 72.8 in.
Starting price: € 200