AUCTION
Wednesday 16 April 2025
From 11.00 a.m. (lots 1-151) to 2.30 p.m. (lots 152-490)
Spazio Bolaffi, Corso Verona 34/D, Torino
VIEWING
From Friday 11 to Wednesday 16 April (Sunday excluded), from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Spazio Bolaffi, Corso Verona 34/D, Torino
Game table
19th Century
Walnut, shaped openable top, the front inlaid with leaf motifs and a drawer, scrolled legs.
29.7 x 31.5 x 15.7 in.
Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 275
Icon
Russia, 19th Century
Tempera and mixed media on gold leaf applied on board, engraved and embossed edges, decorated with the imitation enamel technique, depicting a warrior.
13 x 10.4 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Icon
Russia, Vetka School, 19th Century
Tempera and mixed media on gold leaf applied on board, depicting Christ Pantocrator.
14 x 12.4 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 600
Icon
Russia, 19th Century
Tempera and mixed media on gold leaf applied on board, engraved and embossed edges, decorated with the imitation enamel technique, depicting Archangel Michael.
10.6 x 8.7 in.
Starting price: € 600
Dish
Probably Chiodo, Savona, second half of the 18th Century
Majolica, with polychrome ‘birds and parsley’ decoration.
Diameter 8.3 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 350
Helmet spout
Boselli, Savona, second half of the 18th Century
Majolica, with stylised floral and geometric decoration in shades of yellow, factory mark G. B.
Firing defects, one small restoration.
8.3 x 8.1 x 5.3 in.
Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 375
Bowl
Probably Chiodo, Savona, second half of the 18th Century
Majolica, with polychrome ‘bird and parsley’ decoration.
Lantern mark.
Felures, breaks, defects.
5.5 x 11.8 x 11.8 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 175
Chest-of-drawers
19th Century
Chest-of-drawers
19th Century
Mahogany with brass applications, two drawers, the front inlaid in precious woods and essences, the top in yellow mottled marble.
Damage and defects.
33.5 x 29.9 x 14.6 in.
Starting price: € 350 | Sold for : € 425
Group of three dishes
Giacomo Boselli, 1785-1790
Pearl-ware, ‘shell-edge’ rims, decorated in third-firing polychrome with figures in the centre of a landscape. Embossed Wedgwood mark and signed ‘Jacques Borelly’ (Giacomo Boselli), at the base labels from the ‘Mostra Antica Maiolica Ligure’, Genoa 1939 and the
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Starting price: € 1.200 | Sold for : € 1.500
Pair of soup tureens and a sugar bowl
Different manufacturers, 18th-19th Century
Majolica, a soup tureen with cover and presentoire, Marseille, with a monochrome ochre decoration of figures, flowers and insects, an écuelle with cover, probably Atelier Le Strade, Montauban, with polychrome flower decoration, the sugar bowl decorated with polychrome
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Starting price: € 1.000
Group of majolica
Moustier, 18th Century
Majolica, including a soup tureen with plate, an oval dish and two dishes; the soup tureen with Bérain decoration in manganese monochrome, the dishes with monochrome manganese decoration with flowers and garlands.
Minor restoration to the soup tureen, minor chips and
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Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 600
Group of eleven dishes
Different manufacturers, 18th-19th Century
Majolica, two with polychrome decoration with flowers and insects, two with polychrome landscape decoration with figures and flowers, five with polychrome chinoserie decoration with flowers and landscapes, Veuve Perrin, Marseille, two in porcelain, with landscapes and
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Starting price: € 600
Large fireplace mirror
18th-19th Century
Lacquered, painted and partially gilt-wood, with gilt-wood phytomorphic applications, painted faux-marbre base, coeval mirror.
Damage, breaks and lacks.
65.7 x 37 x 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 800
Group of four chairs
19th-20th Century
Walnut, upholstered in yellow velvet.
35.8 x 17.3 x 16.5 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 125
Pair of figures
Meissen, second period, circa 1747
Polychrome and partially gilt-porcelain, short sword mark.
3.9 x 1.6 x 1.6 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Faun
Meissen, Joachim Kandler, circa 1745
Polychrome partially gilt-porcelain, crossed short sword mark.
3.5 x 1.4 x 1.4 in.
Starting price: € 300
Pair of puttos
Ginori, Doccia, mid-18th Century
Polychrome porcelain.
3.1 x 1 x 1.1 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
Allegory of fortune
Ginori, Doccia, mid-18th Century
Polychrome porcelain.
4.9 x 1.6 x 1.4 in.
Starting price: € 350 | Sold for : € 350
Mantel clock and two amphorae
France, Sevrès manner, 1870-1880
Porcelain mounted triptych with Pompadour Rose decoration and gilt-bronze, pink enamel dial with Roman numerals for the hours, set within painted cartouches and enriched with gilt-decorations, movement with anchor escapement and spring suspension, hour and half-hour
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Starting price: € 1.000
Important carpet
Northern Persia, 19th-20th Century
Polychrome decoration with floral motifs and birds on pink ground.
295.3 x 118.1 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.300
Group of eleven prints
18th Century
Beautiful group of highly decorative engravings depicting naturalia and mineralia, with coeval colouring, mounted within passe-partout and framed.
9.8 x 16.7 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 3.000
Pair of Madera columns
Spain, 19th Century
Carved and faux-marbre painted wood, with smooth stems and Corinthian capitals.
24.4 x 3.5 x 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Cup and pourer
19th-20th Century
Both in dark patina bronze, the two-handled cup with relief depicting puttos on the body; the pourer with dragon-shaped handle and fluted body.
Pourer 9.8 x 3 x 3 in.
Cup 6.1 x 4.3 x 7.1 in.
Starting price: € 200
Two groups
Probably Veneto, 18th-19th Century
White porcelain, depicting allegories of Spring and Summer with puttos.
Breaks, defects, small restoration.
7.1 x 5.9 x 4.3 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 550
Allegory of Winter
Venice or Bassano, mid-18th Century
White porcelain.
Some firing defect.
5.3 x 2.2 x 1.6 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 500
Group
Venice or Bassano, 18th Century
White porcelain, depicting an allegorical group, missing the upper part of the tree. Lot including also an earthenware group, Veneto, 20th Century.
Porcelain group 6.7 x 3.5 x 3.5 in.
Earthenware group 8.9 x 5.1 x 4.9 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Miniature
19th Century
Round, painted in polychrome enamel, depicting a high-ranking imperial official and his elegantly dressed wife, within bone, mother-of-pearl and bronze frame.
7.3 x 7.1 x 0.4 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 150
Miniature
19th Century
Oval, painted in polychrome enamel, depicting the Deposition on a gold ground, within a wooden frame topped by an ogival arch, and blue velvet.
6.9 x 3.9 x 0.8 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 150
Miniature
19th Century
Rectangular, painted in polychrome enamel, depicting a tavern scene, probably inspired by a Nordic model, within a gilt-metal frame.
6.7 x 5.1 x 0.8 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 175
Miniature
19th Century
Oval, painted in polychrome enamel, depicting a gentleman, within ebonised wooden frame.
4.9 x 4.1 x 0.8 in.
Starting price: € 50 | Sold for : € 125
Group of miniatures
19th-20th Century
Enamel-painted porcelain, some within elaborate carved, painted and gilt-wood frames, others in bronze or gilt-metal frames. One depicting the Madonna of the Magnificat by Sandro Botticelli, one the Tondo Bartolini by Filippo Lippi, the others anonymous portraits of
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Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Group of three dishes
Ginori, Doccia, 19th Century
Polychrome porcelain partially-gilt and decorated in decal.
Marked Ginori at the base, and re-marked in the 20th Century with the Richard Ginori mark.
Diameter 9.8 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Column
19th Century
Polychrome marble, double order, on a high plinth.
45.7 x 10.4 x 10.4 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Secrétaire à abattant
19th Century
Walnut, with three lower drawers and a flap surmounted by a drawer, gilt-bronze friezes, inside the flap drawers and compartments, the top covered with green leather.
58.7 x 36.6 x 18.7 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 650
Gentleman
Venice or Bassano, mid-18th Century
White porcelain.
Some restoration.
3.7 x 1.4 x 1.4 in.
Starting price: € 200
Girl playing ghironda
Venice or Bassano, mid-18th Century
White porcelain.
4.1 x 1.4 x 1.4 in.
Starting price: € 250
Girl
Venice or Bassano, mid-18th Century
White porcelain.
Some restoration.
4.1 x 1.4 x 1.4 in.
Starting price: € 100
Tazza
Liguria, 18th-19th Century
Majolica, with tapestry decoration with ‘à la Callot’ motifs.
2 x 7.7 x 7.7 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Tazza
Siccardi, Savona, 18th Century
White and blue majolica, decorated in the French ‘à lambrequins’ manner.
Siccardi factory mark.
2 x 11 x 11 in.
Starting price: € 200
Group of three soup toureens with cover
Moustier, 18th Century
Majolica, with Bérain decoration in blue monochrome, the écuelle with the mark of the nail, lot includes also a shower bowl.
Félures and slight chips.
Different measures.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 600
Icon
Russia, 19th Century
Tempera and mixed media on board, depicting some scene of Elijah's life.
13.4 x 11.4 in.
Starting price: € 600
Icon
Russia, 18th-19th Century
Tempera on board, depicting Christ Pantocrator.
15.7 x 11 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 425
Icon
Russia, 19th Century
Tempera and mixed media on board, depicting St. Nicholas of Mozaisk.
12.4 x 11 in.
Starting price: € 600
Musical Angels
20th Century
Carved wood.
13.4 x 15.4 x 5.5 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 275
Pair of silver small stoups
Milan, 1812-1872
Embossed, pierced and chiselled silver, with shaped frame covered in velvet.
122 g
5.7 x 3.3 x 1.4 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 250
SCUOLA DEL XIX SECOLO
The Holy Family
Oil on canvas.
16.14 x 12.80 in.
Starting price: € 500
Pair of candle-holder
19th Century
Carved wood, with baluster stem, on feral feet and circular base, both electrified and lamp-mounted.
The highest 41.3 x 8.5 x 8.5 in.
Starting price: € 150