Furniture, paintings and works of art
AUCTION
Thursday 22 April 2021, 2 pm CET
Turin, Sala Bolaffi, via Cavour 17
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Turin, Sala Bolaffi, via Cavour 17
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Lot 51
Cleopatra
Oil on canvas.
35.04 x 26.57 in.
The author of the painting is to be found among the painters belonging to the 'dei tenebrosi' current active in Venice in the 17th Century.
Starting price: € 2.000 | Sold for : € 2.000
Lot 52
Part of tabernacle door
17th Century
Some tabernacle carved wood door parts, decoratively mounted in a later wooden frame.
23 x 20.2 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 53
Pair of wall sconces
19th Century
Gilt-wood shaped frames, rectangular mirrors. On the back paper label "Schubert antichità, Corso Matteotti 22, Milano".
Missing arms, damage to the frames, oxidation to the mirrors.
26.2 x 12.4 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 54
Landscape with figures
Oil on canvas.
17.72 x 24.41 in.
Provenienza/Provenance
Sotheby's, Milano, 29 novembre 2005, lotto 67.
Starting price: € 2.500
Lot 55
Louis XIV small table
17th Century
Shaped, in painted carved wood with cabriole legs joined by crossbar and openwork frieze under the marble top.
28.7 x 24.4 x 18.5 in.
Starting price: € 3.000 | Sold for : € 3.000
Lot 56
Pair of candlesticks
18th Century
Bronze candlesticks, fluted baluster-shaped, on shaped domed base.
9.4 x 5.1 in.
Starting price: € 500
Lot 57
Two small candlesticks
17th-18th Century
Small turned walnut candlestick and a small bronze candlestick with octagonal base.
Damage.
5.9 x 3.3 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 58
Pair of candle-holders
18th Century
Candle-holders turnable into candlesticks with detachable buds, baluster-shaped, on a triangular base with feral feet.
15.4 x 5.7 x 4.7 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 59
Pair of candlesticks
Turin, 18th Century
Carved gilt-wood, baluster stem with acanthus leaves, in Giuseppe Bonzanigo manner.
9.3 x 3.3 x 3.3 in.
Starting price: € 1.200
Lot 60
Pair of candle-holders
18th Century
Carved walnut wood and wrought iron, on domed round base.
14.6 x 5.1 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 650
Lot 61
Fishing hooks box
18th Century
Round domed wooden box with ebonized rims and brass application, with iron hooks inside.
1 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 63
Group of six bronze profiles
19th Century
Depicting six Roman emperors, within leather and velvet case.
0.2 x 2 x 1.6 in.
Starting price: € 1.400
Lot 64
Kirman carpet
Persia, Circa 1900
128 x 88.2 in.
Wear and tear.
Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 65
Group of four appliques
19th Century
Gilded and embossed metal in the form of angels.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 67
Bureau à abattant
18th Century
Walnut and briar veneered, inlaid with ribbon inlays and scrolls of leaves, with three drawers and six small drawers inside the fallfront.
Damage and losses to the veneer, restorations and replacements.
40.4 x 46.1 x 24.4 in.
Starting price: € 2.500 | Sold for : € 2.500
Lot 68
Feast of the gods on the clouds
Oil on board.
11.02 x 12.99 in.
Monogrammed C.P. fecit in the lower right recto. Work accompanied by a photo certificate by Prof. H. Zimmermann, director general of the Berlin State Museums, dated 24.1.1968 which certifies this
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 8.000
Lot 69
SILVERED WOOD APPLIQUE
18th Century
Shaped, centered by an oval mirror, with two lights on scrolled arms.
21.3 x 17.3 x 7.5 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 70
Prospetto della città di Cesena 1786
Etching.
25.20 x 36.61 in.
Engraved in Venice by Innocenzo Alessandri from a drawing of 1775.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 71
Three doors wardrobe
Probably Marche, 18th Century
Three doors wardrobe in walnut, partially painted with phytomorphic motifs. Inside two shelves, coeval lock and note perinent keys. Defects and wear.
79.3 x 59.1 x 16.5 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 325
Lot 72
Two doors wardrobe
Marche, 18th Century
Two doors wardrobe in walnut painted trompe l'oeil faux wood and faux briar. Inside two shelves and one smaller, original lock and key. Defects and wear.
66.5 x 50.4 x 23.6 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 900
Lot 74
Console
Marche, 18th Century
Faux marble green painted top, scrolled legs carved wuth foliage and rocailles, joined by crosspieces centered by an eagle with pomegranate.
37.2 x 57.1 x 25.2 in.
Starting price: € 7.000
Lot 75
Portrait of a cardinal
Oil on canvas.
38.98 x 30.12 in.
Starting price: € 700 | Sold for : € 700
Lot 76
pair of S. Anna chairs
Rome, 17th-18th Century
In lacquered and giltwood, with turned legs, straw seats and high backrests with a crest surmounted by a closed crown.
Damage and losses, a break at the top of one back, repaired and reinforced on the back.
49.2 x 21.7 x 17.7 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 425
Lot 77
Large chest of drawers
Rome or Naples, 18th Century
In walnut wood briar inlaid with precious essences, with three drawers with crosspiece on the front and two smaller ones on top, two drawers and two doors on the sides, with birds and floral scrolls.
Restorations and losses.
57.5 x 30.7 x 76.4 in.
Starting price: € 2.500 | Sold for : € 2.500
Lot 78
Nymph and faun 1721
Oil on board.
11.81 x 12.20 in.
Signed and dated 'Meskens f[ecit] 1721' lower left recto.
Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 1.500
Lot 79
Two carpets
Persia, second half of the 20th Century
67.3 x 51.2 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 80
Console
18th Century
Carved gilt-wood, with green faux marble wooden top.
Damage.
34.6 x 50.4 x 26 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.800
Lot 81
Pair of architectural capriccio
Oil on canvas.
24.80 x 20.87 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 650
Lot 82
Mirror
19th Century
Carved and gilded wood, antique glass.
38.6 x 30.3 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 83
walnut sofa
Early 18th Century
With shaped backrest and scrolled armrests, on eight baluster legs joined by crosspieces.
44.1 x 82.7 x 25.6 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 1.300
Lot 85
Two carpets
Persia, second half of the 20th Century
99.2 x 60.6 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 86
Pair of chest-of-drawers
Emilia, 18th Century
Walnut and briar venereed, shaped, with three drawers.
39.6 x 46.7 x 23.6 in.
Starting price: € 3.000
Lot 87
Two carpets
Persia, second half of the 20th Century
111.8 x 76.4 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 1.300
Lot 88
Chandelier
19th Century
Wrought and gilded iron, with three lights with flowering branches, en suite with lot 91.
22.4 x 13.8 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 89
Armchair
Veneto, 18th Century
Carved walnut, with shaped back and scrolled arms and legs, upholstered in beige velvet.
39.4 x 24 x 24.4 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 225
Lot 90
Pair of chairs
Veneto, 18th Century
Walnut, with shaped back, on scrolled legs, upholstered in beige velvet.
36 x 18.7 x 15.7 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 91
Pair of appliques
19th Century
Wrought iron and gilded with flowering branches with two lights, en suite with lot 88.
8.7 x 8.7 x 5.1 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 92
Portrait of a gentleman
Oil on canvas.
11.81 x 9.45 in.
Inscription on the frame "Portrait of C .... Rotari my ancestor", within a contemporary carved and gilded frame.
Starting price: € 1.500
Lot 93
Game table
18th Century
Walnut and briar veneered, with shaped quadrangular top, scrolled legs and feral feet.
Damage, lacks and wear.
31.5 x 33.3 x 33.3 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 94
Landscape with lake and figures
Tempera on paper.
12.20 x 15.75 in.
Provenienza/Provenance
Finarte, Milano, giugno 2007, lotto 38.
Starting price: € 3.500
Lot 95
Walnut chest
Probably Lombardy, late 18th Century
Rectangular, with edges and geometric decorations in ebonized wood.
25.2 x 61.4 x 21.7 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 350
Lot 96
Stories from Gerusalemme liberata
Tempera on canvas.
17.52 x 23.43 in.
Within elegant neoclassical wooden frames.
Starting price: € 7.500
Lot 97
Collection of red sulfur casts
Probably Rome, first half of 19th Century
Beautiful collection of red sulfur casts taken from ancient cameos, arranged in fourteen drawers covered in partially gilt leather, in wooden case, accompanied by a manuscript list of the subjects.
Wooden case front missing, wear, minor lacks, some brownings to the
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Starting price: € 5.000
Lot 98
Plaster and red sulfur casts collection
Probably Rome, first half of 19th Century
Beautiful collection of plaster and red sulfur casts taken from ancient cameos, arranged in eighteen drawers covered in partially gilt leather with cartouche and marquis crown on cover, in wooden case.
Wear, minor lacks, some brownings to the casts.
12.4 x 25.8 x 13.6
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Starting price: € 7.000
Lot 99
Silver coffeepot
Probably Turin, late 18th Century
Piriform, smooth, on round base, the Savoy coat of arm engraved.
Worn and partially illegible assay mark, later engraving.
561 g
8.3 x 6.9 x 4.3 in.
Starting price: € 2.000