ASIAN ART
THE AUCTION WILL RESTART AT 3.00 PM
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 | Sold for : € 425
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 | Sold for : € 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Earthenware, shaped as a man, the lower legs missing, the arms probably originally made of wood.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 | Sold for : € 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Painted earthenware, missing the legs that were probably originally made of wood.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 | Sold for : € 150
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 | Sold for : € 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 | Sold for : € 600
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 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 11
Incense burner
China, 20th Century
Green stone, the flattened globular body supported by three paw-like feet, lion-head handles with a movable ring between the jaws.
Lid missing.
3.9 x 7.7 x 5.3 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 12
Pair of small bowls
China, 20th Century
Pale green jade carved with vertical ribs.
1.4 x 2 x 2 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 13
Buddhist lion and child
China, 20th Century
Pale green jade with russet inclusions.
5.1 x 8.1 x 2.6 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 14
Bracelet
China, 20th Century
Jadeite.
Diameter 3.1 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 15
Three bracelets
China, 20th Century
Glass.
The largest diametro 3.7 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 16
Four deities
China, 20th Century
Soapstone, depicting four of the Eight Taoist Immortals.
The largest 9.6 x 3.5 x 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 17
Standing Buddha
China, 20th Century
Carved pale green jade, the deity standing on a double lotus flower base, behind him a flaming almond.
8.5 x 3.9 x 1.8 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 18
Two containers
China, 20th Century
Hard stone, the vase on wooden base.
The largest 5.9 x 4.7 x 2 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 19
Carving
China, 20th Century
Amethyst, composition of flowers and birds, on glued wooden base.
6.3 x 6.3 x 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 125
Lot 20
Two carvings
China, 20th Century
Green stone, on wooden base.
The largest 11.2 x 5.9 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 21
Mirror
China, 20th Century
Metal, the upper section with a green jade plaque finely carved depicting figures in the landscape, the handle with a jade buckle carved with dragon motifs.
1.2 x 5.1 x 9.3 in.
Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 3.200
Lot 22
Three seals
China, 20th Century
Stone.
The largest 2.6 x 2 x 0.4 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 230
Lot 23
Three items
China, 20th Century
Soapstone, two carved as bones with meat, one as ginseng root.
The largest 4.1 x 1.8 x 1 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 24
Two guanyin
China, 20th Century
One in wood, the other in soapstone, on wooden base.
The largest 12.8 x 3.9 x 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 150
Lot 25
Elephant
China, 20th Century
Spinach green jade, on gilt-wood base.
4.3 x 5.1 x 2 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 375