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 226
Box with lid
China, 20th Century
Silver-plated metal, shaped as a bell, with rich embossed decoration with dragons flying amidst clouds.
6.7 x 3.9 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 227
Group of figures
China, 20th Century
Porcelain decorated with polychrome enamels, an example of a production for propaganda purposes from the Maoist period.
13.2 x 8.7 x 7.1 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 228
Shoulao
China, early 20th Century
Carved, incised and inked ivory, the deity standing on a glued wooden base, the right hand holding a stick, the left hand a peach symbolizing longevity.
11.4 x 3.5 x 3 in.
Lot accompanied by a CITES certificate.
Starting price: € 600
Lot 229
Two paintings
China, 19th Century
Ink and colors on paper, both depicting crowded scenes with figures related to the Buddhist hell.
74 x 29.9 in.
Starting price: € 1.000
Lot 230
Three panels
China, 19th-20th Century
Lacquered wood with porcelain inserts painted with polychrome enamels, two with compositions of flowers and birds, one with a lady, a child, a tree and two seals, wooden frames and metal hinges. One bearing label 'Monte dei Paschi di Siena 320'.
14.8 x 20.3 in.
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Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 1.900
Lot 231
Small dish
China, Daoguang mark and period
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels, rim and wall shell-shaped, the decoration consisting of a scene with Xiwangmu and Shoulao, Daoguang mark to the centre of the base.
Diameter 5.5 in.
Starting price: € 1.200
Lot 232
GAI QI 1774-1829
Group of paintings with female beauties in the landscape
Ink and colors on paper, all with artist's seals, the last one with inscription, signature and seals, glued on an accordion album.
Small stains and abrasions.
11.42 x 14.96 x 0.59 in.
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Starting price: € 2.000
Lot 233
Two dishes
China, mid-18th Century
Porcelain with moulded rim, decoration consisting of a glimpse of a landscape with figures and animals.
Diameter 9.1 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 234
Baluster vase
China, Kangxi period
Porcelain painted with ‘Famille Verte’ enamels, the exterior with a floral decoration, the wooden lid of later manufacture, old labels to the base.
Defects.
10 x 4.3 x 4.3 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 250
Lot 235
Bottle vase
China, 19th-20th Century
Porcelain, the exterior covered with a céladon glaze over a lightly carved floral decoration.
Bearing label of Antichità Florianello, Verona, at the base.
11.4 x 5.9 x 5.9 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 236
Baluster vase
China, 19th-20th Century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels applied in light relief, with rich decoration of auspicious objects, flowers, fruits and horizontal bands with geometric friezes.
24 x 9.1 x 9.1 in.
Starting price: € 1.000
Lot 237
Baluster vase
China, 19th-20th Century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels in light relief, with decoration of auspicious objects and horizontal bands of geometric motifs, handles in the shape of two Buddhist lions facing each other.
23.8 x 7.9 x 7.9 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 275
Lot 238
Pair of vases mounted as lamps
China, second half of 19th Century
'Canton'-style porcelain painted with polychrome enamels and gold, decoration of figures within reserves on a ground of flowers and butterflies, the shoulder with two pairs of dragons in relief, gilt-bronze base of European manufacture.
22 x 7.1 x 7.1 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 325
Lot 239
Group of three dishes
China, late 18th Century
Porcelain, with polychrome enamel decoration, each with a scene with figures in the center of the dish, floral compositions on the rim.
Diameter 9.1 in.
Lot accompanied by export licence.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 275
Lot 240
Bottle vase
China, 20th Century
Porcelain, rectangular section, 'Famille Verte' polychrome enamel decoration with compositions of flowers and birds, handles shaped as a stylized animal.
Small defects.
19.5 x 7.1 x 5.1 in.
Starting price: € 500
Lot 241
Bowl
China, Yongzheng mark
Porcelain with ‘claire de lune’ glaze finely modeled in relief as a lotus flower and Yongzheng mark.
2.4 x 6.1 x 6.1 in.
Starting price: € 2.500
Lot 242
Bowl
China, 20th Century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels on a yellow ground, the exterior with the Eight Taoist Immortals amidst clouds and waves, 慎徳堂製 (Shende tang zhi) mark to the center of the base.
2.8 x 6.7 x 6.7 in.
Starting price: € 1.500
Lot 243
Bowl
China, 19th-20th Century
Aubergine glazed porcelain, apocryphal Kangxi mark to the center of the base.
3 x 6.3 x 6.3 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 244
Container with lid
China, 20th Century
Porcelain with yellow glaze, the shape and the geometric leiwen frieze of archaic inspiration.
4.1 x 6.1 x 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 245
Stem cup
China, 20th Century
Porcelain painted in underglazed cobalt blue, decoration of dragons flying amidst clouds, waves and rocks, apocryphal Xuande mark on the inside.
3.9 x 6.7 x 6.7 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 246
Small jar
China, 20th Century
Porcelain with ‘blue and white’ decoration of children.
4.3 x 3.7 x 3.7 in.
Starting price: € 150
Lot 247
Two dishes
China, 20th Century
Porcelain with a polychrome decoration of figures.
The largest diameter 5.7 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 248
Incense burner
China, 20th Century
Porcelain decorated on the outside in underglazed cobalt blue with a glimpse of a landscape.
3.3 x 5.7 x 5.7 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 249
Large incense burner
China, 20th Century
Ceramic, the exterior with a 'sancai' glaze.
3.1 x 12.6 x 12.6 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 250
Dish
China, 20th Century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels with a decoration of a peach branch with flowers and fruits, mark to the center of the base.
Diameter 10.2 in.
Starting price: € 100