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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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
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
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
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
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
Tokaido
Japan, mid-20th Century
Nice volume with the integral reproduction of Utagawa Hiroshige's horizontal tokaido.
10.2 x 15 in.
Starting price: € 500
UTAGAWA KUNISADA 1786-1865
Two woodcuts
Polychrome, depicting female figures.
13.98 x 9.45 in.
Starting price: € 200
Folding screen
Japan, Meiji period
With four panels, depicting a landscape with a stream, hills and a pavilion containing female figures, while a male figure walks along the walkway that surrounds the building. The scene could be inspired by an episode contained in the Genji monogatari, "The Romance of
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Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 1.500
Silver incense burner
India, 20th Century
Incense burner in the shape of elephant on oval base.
Low title silver.
458 g
7.9 x 3.5 x 3.1 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Bowl
Vietnam, Tra dynasty, 13th-14th Century
Celadon-glazed pottery, the exterior consisting of a water leaf motif.
2.8 x 5.9 x 5.9 in.
Starting price: € 300