ASIAN ART
AUCTION
Thursday 12 June 2025
from 10.00 a.m. (lots 1-260) to 3.00 p.m. (lots 261-470)
Spazio Bolaffi, corso Verona 34/D, Torino
VIEWING
From Friday 6 to Thursday 12 June (Sunday excluded), from 10.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m.
Spazio Bolaffi, corso Verona 34/D, Torino
Lot 1
Standing soldier
China, Han dynasty
Painted with black and red enamels earthenware, the figure with the right arm raised and the left arm along the side.
17.5 x 5.5 x 5.9 in.
Thermoluminescence analysis conducted at Arcadia Milan on 21 November 1999 confirms the proposed dating.
Starting price: € 1.000
Lot 2
Horse head
China, Han dynasty style
Earthenware with traces of pigments.
5.5 x 6.5 x 1.6 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 3
Small female figure
China, Tang dynasty style
Earthenware with traces of painting, model of a 'fat lady'.
Minor defects.
6.3 x 2 x 1.8 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 4
Horse
China, Tang dynasty style
Earthenware, the right foreleg raised and the head slightly twisted.
Restorations.
22.4 x 26 x 8.7 in.
Starting price: € 2.000
Lot 5
Standing figure
China, Han dynasty
Earthenware, shaped as a man, the lower legs missing, the arms probably originally made of wood.
19.9 x 4.3 x 4.7 in.
Thermoluminescence analysis conducted at Arcadia Milan on 5 May 1999 confirms the proposed dating.
Starting price: € 800
Lot 6
Horse
China, Han dynasty style
Painted earthenware, missing the legs that were probably originally made of wood.
9.3 x 3.9 x 13.8 in.
Starting price: € 500
Lot 7
Standing soldier
China, Ming dynasty
Earthenware, the figure with the head twisted, dressed in a loose robe tied at the waist.
Defects.
11.2 x 3.7 x 3 in.
Thermoluminescence analysis conducted at Arcadia Milan on 13 February 2001 confirms the proposed dating.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 8
Ewer
China, Tang dynasty
Ovoid ceramic body covered with dark brown glaze with phosphatic splashes that change in tone from creamy white to light blue. Example of kiln production in Henan province.
9.8 x 5.9 x 5.9 in.
Starting price: € 1.500
Lot 9
Flask
China, Han dynasty
Bronze with a reddish patina, ovoid flattened body, flat lid with lightly raised decoration of stylized flowers, the shoulder with two small rings with a small chain attached.
Defects.
7.5 x 7.7 x 3 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 10
Small jar
China, Song dynasty, 12th-13th Century
Jizhou-type ware coated in black and brown glaze simulating a tortoiseshell. Example of a kiln production in Jiangxi province.
4.1 x 5.1 x 5.1 in.
Starting price: € 800