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
Bowl
China, 20th Century
Porcelain, on the outside red background with a reserved decoration of birds on flowering plum branches, apocryphal Guangxu mark to the centre of the base.
2.8 x 9.1 x 9.1 in.
Starting price: € 400
Bottle vase
China, 20th Century
Porcelain with Ru-type crackled turquoise glaze, the base with a long Qianlong-style inscription.
7.9 x 3.9 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 350
Pair of vases
China, 20th Century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels with flower and bird compositions and inscriptions, both with mark to the centre of the base, with wooden bases.
9.3 x 4.7 x 4.7 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 475
Wall tile
China, 20th Century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels and gold, shaped as a double gourd with a ribbon tied to the central constriction, decorated with two auspicious characters and bats.
12.2 x 7.3 x 0.8 in.
Starting price: € 300
Small box with lid
China, 20th Century
Porcelain painted in underglazed cobalt blue, the lid with a decoration of a bird on a rock and a small seal, mark to the center of the base.
1.8 x 4.3 x 4.3 in.
Starting price: € 300
Bottle vase
China, 20th Century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels, the decoration consisting of lohan in a landscape, apocryphal Qianlong mark to the centre of the base.
10.4 x 4.1 x 4.1 in.
Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 800
Dish
China, 20th Century
Porcelain with red glaze, an incised dragon at the bottom, apocryphal Hongzhi mark.
Diameter 8.7 in.
Starting price: € 100
Pair of bowls with lid and saucer
China, 20th Century
Porcelain with bat decoration in iron red, mark to the center of the base.
3.7 x 4.3 x 4.3 in.
Starting price: € 500
Small bottle vase
China, 20th Century
Porcelain with crackled glaze.
4.3 x 2.4 x 2.4 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Small bowl
China, 20th Century
Porcelain, the exterior with a yellow ground and dragon amidst clouds in green and brown enamels, incised details.
2 x 2.2 x 2.2 in.
Starting price: € 300
Tea set
Japan, early 20th Century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels with a decoration of flowers and birds, each piece with the painter's signature and seal, consisting of twelve saucers, ten cups, teapot, milk jug and sugar bowl.
Two cups missing.
Different measures.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Pair of vases
Japan, Meiji period
Porcelain covered with red and black lacquer with widespread gold layers, a geometric ground with reserves of flowers and birds.
Restorations and lacquer losses.
25.2 x 10.6 x 10.6 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Two small vases and a bowl
Japan and China, late 19th Century
The 'Satsuma'-type ceramic bowl and the bottle vase with crane decoration on a turquoise ground are Japanese, the baluster vase with polychrome enamel decoration and biscuit is Chinese.
Different measures.
Starting price: € 100
Group with female figure and child
Japan, Meiji period
Finely modelled porcelain enriched with exuberant polychrome enamel decoration.
14.6 x 6.3 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 350 | Sold for : € 350
Large vase
Japan, Meiji period
'Satsuma' type ceramic painted with polychrome enamels and gold with an exuberant and fine decoration of deities, mythological animals and figures, on a wooden base.
18.1 x 8.7 x 8.7 in.
Starting price: € 500
Pair of vases
Japan, Meiji period
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels of the ‘Imari’ type, the exterior shell-shaped with an exuberant decoration of floral motifs and polylobed reserves with figures.
10.2 x 6.5 x 6.5 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 375
Four cups and saucers
Japan, Meiji period
Porcelain decorated with enamels with a tree and bird, artist's signature and seal, all with Fukagawa mark to the centre of the base.
Cups 1.8 x 4.1 x 3.5 in.
Dishes 5.5 x 4.7 in.
Starting price: € 200
Bowl
Japan, 18th Century
Porcelain painted with ‘Imari’ type enamels and gold, floral decoration, a stylised leaf to the centre of the base.
3.3 x 7.1 x 7.1 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Pair of bottle vases
Japan, Meiji period
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels and widespread touches of gold, a fine decoration of flowers and birds, both with Kutani mark to the centre of the base.
12.4 x 5.3 x 5.3 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Dish
Japan, Meiji period
'Kutani' type porcelain painted in polychrome enamels with a decoration of an owl on a branch.
Diameter 12.2 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Netsuke
Japan, 19th Century
Carved, incised and inked ivory, depicting Budai standing with the proverbial sack on his shoulder.
2 x 1.2 x 0.8 in.
Lot accompanied by a CITES certificate.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Kannon
Japan, Meiji period
Carved, incised and inked ivory, the deity standing on a circular base, the chest bejeweled and a cape on the head, undeciphered signature incised within a red lacquer box to the center of the base.
9.4 x 2.6 x 2 in.
Lot accompanied by a CITES certificate.
Starting price: € 600
Okimono
Japan, Meiji period
Carved, incised and inked ivory, depicting a standing man with a child in his arms, partially identified signature (… 良) incised on a red lacquer cartouche to the center of the base.
6.7 x 2.4 x 3.1 in.
Lot accompanied by a CITES certificate.
Starting price: € 900 | Sold for : € 900
Okimono
Japan, Meiji period
Carved, incised and inked ivory, depicting a standing geisha, a fan in her hands, signature 水明 (Suimei) incised to the center of the base.
7.3 x 2.4 x 2.4 in.
Lot accompanied by a CITES certificate.
Starting price: € 600
Inro
Japan, Meiji period
Incised and inked ivory, decoration of children in the landscape with inscription and seal, signed 吉川 (Yoshikawa) to the center of the base.
2.8 x 1.8 x 0.6 in.
Lot accompanied by a CITES certificate.
Starting price: € 500