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 326
Superb and rare box with lid
Japan, Meiji period
Metal worked with polychrome cloisonné enamels of soft tones, the refined decoration with mythological animals amidst racemes and stylised flowers, signature 本夛製 (Honda sei) incised on the base.
2.8 x 4.9 x 3.7 in.
The signature refers to Honda Yosaburo, an artist from
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Starting price: € 5.000 | Sold for : € 5.000
Lot 327
Two masks
Japan, Meiji period
Lacquered and painted wood, horsehair.
The largest 6.3 x 4.7 x 1.6 in.
Starting price: € 150
Lot 328
Okimono with bear and eagle
Japan, Meiji period
Finely carved and incised walrus bone.
3.5 x 6.5 x 2.8 in.
Starting price: € 1.000
Lot 329
Small cabinet
Japan, Meiji period
Lacquered and gilt-wood with decoration of flowers, fruits and birds, with incised metal accessories.
12.8 x 10.6 x 5.1 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 125
Lot 330
Mask
Japan, Meiji period
Lacquered papier-mâché, glass eyes.
8.3 x 7.3 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 331
Soldier hat, jingasa
Japan, 19th Century
Lacquered leather, on the front a coat of arms (mon) in gilt-lacquer.
4.3 x 15.4 x 15.4 in.
Starting price: € 150
Lot 332
Netsuke
Japan, 19th Century
Boxwood carved as a standing peasant.
5.9 x 2 x 1.6 in.
Starting price: € 350
Lot 333
Okimono
Japan, Meiji period
Dark patina bronze, depicting a standing woman with a baby on the shoulders, holding an open umbrella in her right hand, bearing seal signature on the base.
12.2 x 3.5 x 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 600
Lot 334
Tapestry
Japan, Meiji period
Fabric, depicting a nice lake landscape with trees, boats and temple pavilions, with Mount Fuji in the center, original brown silk frame. Within wooden frame and protective glass.
28.7 x 40.2 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 335
Okimono
Japan, Meiji period
Dark patina bronze, depicting a young standing fisherman, wide-brimmed hat on his head and fishing rod on his shoulder, bearing seal signature to the base.
8.3 x 3.9 x 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 336
Box with lid
Japan, Meiji period
Metal, on three feet, the lid decorated in relief with vases with flowers, signed 'Dai Nihon Saikyo Inoue zo' to the center of the base.
3.1 x 5.5 x 5.5 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 250
Lot 337
Box with lid
Japan, Meiji period
Silver-plated metal, lightly embossed decoration depicting monkeys pulling a palanquin on the lid and iris flowers on the sides.
2 x 4.3 x 3.1 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 338
Small jar
Japan, Meiji period
Cloisonné enameled metal, hexagonal section, the exterior with an exuberant polychrome decoration of dragons and phoenixes within polylobed reserve cartouches on a ground of floral scrolls.
The lid is missing.
5.9 x 6.3 x 6.3 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 339
Pair of roosters
Japan, 19th Century
Bronze with some gold-inlays details, on wooden base.
12.2 x 4.9 x 7.9 in.
Starting price: € 500
Lot 340
Tiger
Japan, Meiji period
Brown patina bronze, the animal is depicted in a dynamic pose, on a carved wooden base simulating rocks, signature 盛光 (Morimitsu) incised on the belly.
Restoration to the tail.
15 x 24.8 x 6.9 in.
Starting price: € 800
Lot 341
Kannon
Japan, 19th Century
Carved, lacquered and partially gilt-wood, the deity standing on a lotus flower which is supported by a rock-shaped base, holding a stem in his hand, the halo on the back of his head.
29.5 x 9.4 x 7.9 in.
Starting price: € 900 | Sold for : € 900
Lot 342
Large okimono
Japan, Meiji period
Dark patina bronze, depicting a monkey trainer (sarumawashi) sitting on a large stone, in his right hand the pole on which the animal is climbing, seal signature of Genryusai Seiya to the base.
20.1 x 13 x 13 in.
Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 1.500
Lot 343
Plaque
Japan, Meiji period
Metal with cloisonné enamel decoration, four cranes near a pine tree.
Diameter 11.8 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 344
Pair of vases
Japan, Meiji period
Brown patina metal with relief decoration of figures in a landscape.
6.1 x 3.1 x 1.8 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 345
Album cover
Japan, Meiji period
Black lacquered wood with gilt-decoration depicting a landscape with three figures in painted inlaid bone.
Slight missing.
1 x 14 x 10.8 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 346
Bowl
Korea, 15th-16th Century
Glazed ceramic with a slip inlay decoration of stylised chrysanthemums, kintsugi-type restorations to the rim.
2.4 x 7.5 x 7.5 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 347
Bottle vase
Korea, 19th Century
Ceramic with greyish-blue glaze, gilt-lacquer kintsugi-type restoration.
10.6 x 5.5 x 5.5 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 348
Disc
Corea, 20th Century
Porcelain with relief decoration depicting a dragon and a phoenix.
0.6 x 7.7 x 7.7 in.
Starting price: € 150
Lot 349
Amida Buddha
Japan, 19th-20th Century
Lacquered and gilt-wood, the deity seated on a lotus flower supported by a circular base, legs crossed and hands in dhyanamudra, the gesture of meditation, on the back of the head a small flower-shaped halo.
13.8 x 8.7 x 7.1 in.
Starting price: € 700 | Sold for : € 850
Lot 350
Apothecary cabinet, yakchang
Korea, 19th Century
Wood, thirty drawers at the top each bearing an inscription of two Chinese characters, three larger drawers at the bottom and a compartment with two doors, metal accessories with incised decoration.
34.6 x 29.3 x 10 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 700