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 401
Plaque with Buddha
Thailand, 20th Century
Metal alloy, the front with a relief of a standing Buddha within a shrine.
12.2 x 4.3 x 0.6 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 402
Three votive tiles
Burma, 12th-13th Century
Molded earthenware with Buddhist deities within aedicules.
5.1 x 7.1 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 403
Four votive tiles
Burma, 12th-13th Century
Molded earthenware depicting Buddha within an architectural aedicule.
4.9 x 3.9 x 1 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 475
Lot 404
Seated Quan Am
Vietnam, 19th Century
Carved lacquered wood, the deity (in Sanskrit Avalokitesvara; in Chinese Guanyin) is depicted here in the iconographic variant of many arms (in this case eight), arranged in a radial pattern behind the shoulders.
21.3 x 23.6 x 12.6 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.800
Lot 405
Crowned Buddha
Burma, 19th-20th Century
Bronze, the deity seated on a high plinth, cross-legged and the right hand pointing downwards in a gesture of reassurance, the head surmounted by an elaborate headdress with a high pinnacle.
15.7 x 6.3 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 650
Lot 406
Seated Buddha
Burma, 20th Century
Silver-plated metal, the deity seated cross-legged and the hands in lap, a rich assortment of jewels and headdress with high finial.
11.8 x 7.9 x 4.9 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 407
Seated Buddha
Burma, 19th-20th Century
Alabaster with traces of gilding, the deity seated cross-legged with the right hand touching the ground in the gesture of reassurance.
14.4 x 10.2 x 4.3 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 408
Two deities
Thailand, 19th-20th Century
Gilt-bronze.
The largest 6.3 x 5.1 x 3 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 409
Seated Buddha
Burma, 20th Century
Gilt-metal, the deity seated cross-legged, the right hand down and the left hand in lap.
14.8 x 10 x 6.7 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 410
Seated Buddha
Cambodia, 20th Century
Stone, the deity seated cross-legged and the hands in lap one on top of the other.
12.6 x 7.7 x 6.3 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 411
Standing bodhisattva
Indonesia, 20th Century
Bronze with light green patina, the Buddhist deity standing on a double lotus flower base.
11 x 2.8 x 2.4 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 412
Three Buddha
Thailand, 19th-20th Century
Metal alloy.
The largest 5.5 x 4.3 x 1.8 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 125
Lot 413
Seated Buddha
Thailand, 18th-19th Century
Bronze, the deity seated cross-legged on a lotus flower, the right hand touching the ground in a gesture of reassurance.
14.4 x 9.1 x 4.1 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 414
Seated Buddha
Burma, 19th-20th Century
Bronze with reddish patina, the deity seated cross-legged with the right hand touching the ground in a gesture of reassurance, the head surmounted by a crown.
7.5 x 4.5 x 3 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 415
Standing Buddha
Cambodia or Thailand, Khmer style, 19th-20th Century
Bronze, the deity with his right arm bent at the elbow and his open palm facing the viewer in a gesture of reassurance.
13.4 x 3.5 x 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 416
Seated Buddha
Burma, 19th-20th Century
Dark patina bronze, the deity seated cross-legged, the right hand touching the ground in a gesture of reassurance.
9.1 x 7.5 x 5.5 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 417
Pair of mirror stands
Iran, Qajar, 19th Century
Finely gold-inlay iron, the decoration consisting of floral motifs and inscriptions.
22.4 x 7.9 x 7.9 in.
Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 7.500
Lot 418
Small box with lid
Persia, 19th Century
Finely gold-inlay metal with coloured glass cabochon inserts, originally intended to contain a miniature Koran.
0.6 x 3 x 2 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 419
Ewer
Ottoman Empire, 19th-20th Century
Metal, the globular body resting on a circular base, long spout with curved end and V-shaped handle connected to the mouth, the latter surmounted by a bell-shaped lid with a knob-shaped handle.
15.7 x 7.1 x 10 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 420
Small cabinet
Ottoman Empire, 19th Century
Wood with bone and mother-of-pearl inlays to form a fine decoration of geometric and floral motifs.
5.5 x 7.5 x 5.3 in.
Starting price: € 1.000
Lot 421
Bowl
Persia, 12th-13th Century
Ceramic painted in polychromy, the decoration consisting of figures within circular cartouches between stylised leaves, arranged within cross-shaped compartments.
Bearing seal-wax with label Orient Gallery Y. Molayem, Rome, at the base.
Defects.
3.1 x 7.7 x 7.9 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 422
Small bowl
Persia, Nishapur, 10th Century
Ceramic painted in polychromy with a bird within a circular medallion, surrounded by heart-shaped motifs. Bearing seal-wax with label Orient Gallery Y. Molayem, Rome, at the base.
Defects.
1.8 x 4.9 x 4.9 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 423
Tile
Iran, 19th Century
Eight-pointed shaped ceramic, the polychrome enamel decoration consisting of a lady on horseback amidst racemes and birds.
6.3 x 6.3 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 424
Bowl
Persia, 10th Century
Ceramic painted in polychromy with a fine decoration of bird and stylised motifs.
Bearing seal-wax with label Orient Gallery Y. Molayem, Rome, at the base.
Defects.
3 x 7.5 x 7.5 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 425
Bowl
Iran, Nishapur, 11th-13th Century
Painted ceramic, with a decoration of a figure on horseback on the cable, the inside of the wall with four chimeras.
Restorations and missing parts.
3.1 x 7.9 x 7.9 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100