Furniture, paintings and works of art
AUCTION
Wednesday 31 May 2023
9.30 a.m. | lots 1-279
2.30 p.m. | lots 280-653
Spazio Bolaffi, corso Verona 34/D, Turin
VIEWING
From Thursday 25 to Saturday 27 May from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. From Monday 29 to Wednesday 31 May from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Spazio Bolaffi, corso Verona 34/D, Torino
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Lot 51
Plate
China, Qing dynasty
White jade, rectangular, finely carved with a flying dragon among stylized arabesques, scattered a lingzhi mushroom, a bird, a bat and the Eight Buddhist Emblems.
0.2 x 6.1 x 2.6 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 12.000
Lot 53
Panel
China, late 19th Century
Carved and gilded wood, with figures of dignitaries on the right below a porch and on the left near a pine tree. Originally the panel was probably part of a more complex piece of furniture.
7.5 x 19.7 x 2.4 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 54
Incense burner
China, 20th Century
Cloisonné enamel with a yellow background, tripod, the globular body supported by three legs with a lion's head, on the sides lion's head handles with a movable ring between the jaws, openwork lid surmounted by a Buddhist lion top, glass with wooden profiles case
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Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 325
Lot 55
Pair of vases with lid
China, 19th Century
Blue and white porcelain, the exterior decorated with the classic pattern of plum blossoms on cracked ice, Kangxi apocryphal mark in the center of the base of both.
11 x 6.5 x 6.5 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 56
Group of six dishes
India Company, 19th Century
Six porcelain dishes with Imari decoration with flowers and ducks.
Wear, one broken.
Diameter 8.9 in.
Starting price: € 500
Lot 57
Large cup with lid
China, 20th Century
Gilt-metal and cloisonné enamels, decorated with flowers and peonies on blue ground.
13 x 5.7 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 58
Four saucers and two bowls
China and Japan, 18th-19th Century
Imari porcelain with floral decorations, three saucers from China, early 18th Century, one saucer and two bowls from Japan, 19th Century.
Breaks and chipping.
The largest bowl 3.3 x 6.9 x 6.9 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 59
Four emakimono rolls
Japan, 19th Century
Ink and colors on paper, with texts alternating with images probably taken from a literary work of the Heian-Kamakura era.
Different measures.
Starting price: € 1.500
Lot 60
Incense burner
Japan, 19th Century
Bronze, the globular body supported by a base with three feet protruding from a lion's head, the body decorated in relief with flying geese, the curved handles with an animal mask, the lid partly openwork and surmounted by a Buddhist lion.
13 x 9.4 x 6.7 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 325
Lot 61
Kakemono
Japan, early 20th Century
Polychrome painted silk depicting a Tanuki badger among flowers, grasses and the moon. Silk frame, signature and seal lower right, wooden case.
Widespread breaks, wear and damage.
70.5 x 16.5 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 62
The four seasons
Japan, Meiji period
Four ink and colors paintings on silk, each depicting a geisha.
29.9 x 13.6 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 425
Lot 63
Kakemono
Japan, early 20th Century
Polychrome painted fabric depicting a scene from the Noh theatre, signature and seal lower left, silk frame, wooden case.
79.1 x 24 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 250
Lot 64
Pair of vases
Japan, Meiji period
Bronze with patina, embossed with lions and leaf decorations, on a shaped base supported by wreaths of leaves, the rim of the mouth with a Greek frets.
14.4 x 6.3 x 5.9 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 65
Pair of vases
Japan, 19th Century
Glazed and gilded terracotta, with landscapes and figures and mixtilinear reserves on a geometrical decoration ground, on quadrangular shaped carved wood base.
19.7 x 3.9 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 66
Vase with cover
Japan, 19th Century
Inlaid, lacquered and gilt wood with silvered metal application, with reserves with landscapes and figures and reserves with flying cranes, with gilt and silvered metal handles in the form of dragons, an eagle on top of the cover.
12.4 x 9.6 x 5.3 in.
Starting price: € 2.000 | Sold for : € 3.200
Lot 67
Large incense burner
Japan, Meiji period
Bronze, the base shaped like a rock around which a dragon moves, supports a figure of a rakan, a ruyi scepter in the left hand, the right one supporting a large globular container with relief dragon decoration, the openwork lid
Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 800
Lot 68
Drummer boy
Japan, Meiji period
Satsuma pottery, the dress finely decorated in polychrome with profusion of gold floral motifs.
8.3 x 4.5 x 3.1 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 69
Three wise men
Japan, Meiji period
Satsuma pottery, depicting three Chinese wise men.
7.5 x 2.8 x 2 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 70
Folding screen
Japan, Meiji period
With six panels, depicting a landscape with streams, hills and glimpses of pavilions partially hidden by clouds, in which male and female figures move, dressed and styled according to the taste of the Heian period. The scene could be inspired by episodes contained in
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Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 1.700
Lot 71
Miniature armor
Japan, 20th Century
Full armor (gogatsu ningyo) with its chest. In the lot also a miniature helmet.
Chest 9.3 x 13 x 10.2 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 72
Italian economic mission in Japan
Interesting group of books and magazines concerning the Italian economic mission in Japan and in Manciukuò, sent by the fascist government in May and June 1938, belonged to Giovanni Battista Chiossi, Central Director of Chemical Industries at the time, member of the
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Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 475
Lot 73
Four nesting tables
Japan, Meiji period
Lacquered wood in shades of red and black, with floral decorations, peach branches, birds and butterflies, with openwork and black lacquered baluster legs, signed.
Widespread damage to the lacquer, especially along the edges, some
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 74
Folding screen
Japan, Meiji period
Four doors, with compositions of flowers and birds embroidered and painted on fabric.
66.9 x 85.4 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 1.200
Lot 75
Folder of prints
Japan, 20th Century
Folder with thirty-four reproductions of famous Japanese graphic works, mostly Ukijo-e prints.
15 x 18.9 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 325