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 426
Three oil lamps
Persia, 12th-13th Century
Glazed ceramic.
Restorations.
The highest 3.9 x 4.7 x 4.7 in.
Starting price: € 150
Lot 427
Large bowl
Morocco, 19th-20th Century
Painted in polychromy ceramic, the decoration consisting of stylised geometric and vegetal motifs.
5.1 x 11.4 x 11.4 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 428
Album with paintings
Persia, 20th Century
Painted wood and enameled metal, the front with incised metal plaques, both sides decorated with a floral arabesque with a medallion with figures on a side and a view of a city on the other side, together with nineteen miniature-style paintings.
19.1 x 11 x 1.6 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 429
Two miniature paintings
Persia, 19th-20th Century
Ink and colors on paper, both decorated with scenes crowded with characters, the back with text.
12.2 x 7.5 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 430
Two paintings
Iran, 20th Century
Ink and colors on bone decorated with convivial scenes. Both framed.
1.8 x 5.1 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 431
Large anthropomorphic fetish
Vanuatu Archipelago
Tree fern, modeled as a standing figure with hands toward the lap, the head characterized by large ovoid eyes.
Defects and missings.
81.5 x 14.2 x 11.4 in.
This type of sculpture is among the most typical and exciting typologies of the artistic production of the Vanuatu
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Starting price: € 1.000
Lot 432
Lock
Mali, Dogon
Wood, the vertical section carved with anthropomorphic characters.
16.9 x 17.7 x 2.2 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 433
Colon figure
Nigeria, 20th Century
Painted wood, depicting a standing man dressed in European style, with a tie and bowler hat.
37.8 x 9.3 x 7.1 in.
Exemple of an iconographic typology that mixes local and European-colonial influences.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 434
Reliquary
Gabon, Kota
Wood covered with copper plates, an example of a type of artifact with an explicit ritual and sepulchral purpose, it was used as the top of a wicker basket in which the remains of the deceased were actually preserved.
28.7 x 13.6 x 4.9 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 2.800
Lot 435
Mask
Nigeria, Dan
Carved wood, covered with nice patina.
8.7 x 5.3 x 2.2 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 436
Helmet mask
Nigeria, Yoruba
Carved and painted wood.
8.7 x 10.2 x 10.2 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 437
Anthropomorphic vase
Democratic Republic of Congo, Mangbetu, 20th Century
Moulded and incised earthenware.
11.8 x 6.3 x 6.3 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 438
Cylindrical tripod vase
Central America, Mayan culture, 600-900 AD
Painted earthenware, the central section with three figures playing pelota, the upper and lower ones with a depiction of Chac, god of rain.
9.8 x 6.1 x 6.1 in.
Starting price: € 3.000
Lot 439
Seated figure
Nicaragua, 800-1200 AD
Painted earthenware, the cape and the headdress with geometric motif.
19.7 x 8.7 x 5.5 in.
Starting price: € 1.500
Lot 440
Figure of a pensadora
Mexico, Jalisco culture, 300 BC-600 AD
Painted earthenware, the female figure with the head resting on the right knee.
10.6 x 7.1 x 7.5 in.
Starting price: € 1.500
Lot 441
Pendant
Perù, Huari culture (?), circa 700 AD
Turquoise with gold human face-shaped insert.
1.8 x 1.2 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 442
Necklace
Costa Rica, pre-Columbian period
Carved jade with tubular inserts.
Lenght 15 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 1.300
Lot 443
Pendant
Costa Rica, pre-Columbian period
Carved and incised jade.
1.8 x 2 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 444
Vase
Peru, Chimu Culture, 12th-14th Century
Black ceramic, glued to the wooden base.
11 x 10.2 x 5.9 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 445
Seated female figure
Mexico, pre-Columbian period
Earthenware.
5.7 x 3.7 x 2.4 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 446
Anthropomorphic jar
Perù, Moche culture, 0-500 AD
Painted earthenware, modeled as an animal-like priest playing the drum.
6.1 x 4.1 x 4.3 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 447
Ewer with figure on llama
Perù, Moche culture
Earthenware.
6.9 x 3.1 x 8.5 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 448
Ewer with a pair of figures
Perù, Moche culture, 200-500 AD
Earthenware, the two figures captured in the act of fellatio.
7.9 x 3.9 x 8.1 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 800
Lot 449
Seated female figure
Costa Rica, Guacanaste-Nicoya culture, 700-1000 AD
Painted earthenware.
4.7 x 3.5 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 450
Seated female figure
Ecuador, Negativo del Carchi culture, 500-1500 AD
Painted earthenware.
7.9 x 3.5 x 5.9 in.
Starting price: € 700