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 301
Dish
Japan, 19th Century
Nabeshima type porcelain painted in underglazed cobalt blue, the decoration consisting of two wheels and flowers.
Diameter 7.7 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 302
Pair of baluster vases
Japan, early 20th Century
‘Satsuma’ type ceramic with polychrome enamel decoration of figures.
Defects.
15.2 x 7.1 x 6.5 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 303
Two small dishes
Japan, Meiji period
'Kutani' type porcelain painted with polychrome enamels with a decoration of flying birds.
Diameter 6.1 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 304
Bowl with lid and saucer
Japan, Meiji period
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels and gold with a flower decoration, all pieces with the mark 肥碟山信甫造 (Hichozan Shinpo zo).
2.8 x 4.9 x 4.9 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 305
Oil lamp
Japan, Meiji period
Gilt-bronze mounted Imari porcelain, with painted opal glass tulip-shaped lampshade.
25.2 x 7.5 x 7.5 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 125
Lot 306
Small jar with lid
Japan, Meiji period
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels and gold with a floral decoration, the shell-shaped body supported by a foot with a wavy lower profile, silver lid with floral decoration in relief, Kutani mark to the center of the base.
4.9 x 3.5 x 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 307
Vase
Japan, Meiji period
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels of the 'Kutani' type, decoration of flowers and pomegranates, gold threaded rim, mark to the center of the base.
14.2 x 5.9 x 5.9 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 308
Jar with lid
Japan, Meiji period
Porcelain, globular shaped with flat lid, polychrome enamels and gold decoration of large reserves with figures in the landscape on a ground of stylised geometric and floral motifs, signed to the center of the base 大日本昇山画 (Dai Nihon Shozan ga).
11 x 9.4 x 9.4 in.
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Starting price: € 400
Lot 309
Pair of baluster vases
Japan, Meiji period
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels with black ground lacquer sections and gold details, decoration of flowers and birds compositions, the two large lacquer reserves on the body with figures in the landscape, both with mark 采真亭圭子製 (Saishintei Keiko sei, "Made by
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Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 310
Large dish
Japan, Meiji period
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels, decorated with a scene with a samurai and a young attendant in the landscape, within a polygonal cartouche reserved on a geometric ground.
Diameter 22.2 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 311
Large dish
Japan, Meiji period
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels and gold, the decoration consisting of an elegant composition of a basket of flowers, 'Fukagawa sei' mark with orchid to the centre of the base.
Diameter 18.5 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 312
Dish and polylobed bowl
Japan, Meiji period
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels of the ‘Imari’ type.
Dish diameter 8.7 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 313
Dish
Japan, Meiji period
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels and gold, decoration of landscapes with figures and compositions of flowers and birds, Kutani mark to the center of the base.
Restoration to the rim.
Diameter 13.4 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 314
Fukurokuju
Japan, Meiji period
'Kutani' type porcelain, partly biscuit and the rest painted with polychrome enamels.
9.4 x 5.9 x 4.7 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 315
Painting
Japan, early 20th Century
Ink and colors on silk, depicting a walking tiger, signature and seal lower right. Within wooden frame and protective glass.
43.3 x 18.5 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 316
Painting
Japan, early 20th Century
Ink and colors on silk, depicting a lady standing amidst cherry blossom branches, signature and seal lower right. Within wooden frame and protective glass.
43.3 x 18.5 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 317
Fan
Japan, 19th Century
Painted paper with gold leaf, four birds in flight, probably used in Noh theatre.
10.8 x 21.7 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 318
HARUKI NANMEI 1795-1878
Painting
Ink and light colors on paper, painted in the shape of a fan with a Chinese style landscape (Nanga).
8.86 x 18.70 in.
Starting price: € 150
Lot 319
TANI BUNCHO 1763-1841
Painting
Ink and colors on paper, painted in the shape of a fan with a leafy branch, signature and seal.
9.45 x 18.50 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 320
HARA ZAICHU 1750-1837
Two paintings
Ink and colors on paper, paited in the shape of a fan, one with a landscape, the other with a flowering branch, both signed with seals.
10.63 x 20.08 in.
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Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 321
Two Netsuke
Japan, 19th Century
Boxwood, one carved as a fruit and the other as a Buddhist lion.
The largest 1.4 x 1.6 x 1.4 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 322
Small cabinet
Japan, Meiji period
Red and black lacquered wood with gilt decoration, with a drawer at the bottom and two doors with four drawers inside, metal accessories with incised floral decoration
9.3 x 8.1 x 4.1 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 175
Lot 323
Three masks
Japan, 20th Century
Two in lacquered and painted wood for the Noh theater, one in painted earthenware depicting the face of Daikoku.
The largest 10.2 x 11.4 x 1.2 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 324
Tea set
Japan, Meiji period
Silver finely decorated with embossed iris flowers, consisting of a teapot, a sugar bowl with lid and a milk jug, signed 有民 and bearing 純銀 (Jungin “pure silver”) mark to the centre of all bases.
1.296 g
Different measures.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.600
Lot 325
Pair of vases
Japan, Meiji period
Bronze with a reddish patina, the external surface decorated with clouds and stylized insects in relief on a ground of geometric motifs, a sinuous dragon between the shoulder and the body.
12.8 x 6.7 x 6.7 in.
Starting price: € 800