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 451
Pelota player
Mexico, Pihuamo culture, 300 BC-600 AD
Earthenware.
15.9 x 7.1 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 1.500
Lot 452
Crouching figure
Mexico, Nayarit-Chinesco culture, 300 BC-600 AD
Painted earthenware, the facial expression and the position suggest a peyote user.
6.3 x 4.5 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 900
Lot 453
Anthropomorphic burner
Central America, Mayan culture, 900-1200 AD
Painted earthenware, the lid modeled as a seated priest.
16.9 x 9.8 x 9.8 in.
Starting price: € 2.000
Lot 454
Pair of seated figures
Mexico, Nayarit culture, 300 BC-600 AD
Painted earthenware.
The largest 11.8 x 7.7 x 5.9 in.
Starting price: € 2.000
Lot 455
Resting boy
Ecuador, Negative Carchi culture, 500-1500 AD
Painted earthenware, the figure leaning on a sack.
4.3 x 3.9 x 1.6 in.
Starting price: € 600
Lot 456
Smoker and pipes
Costa Rica, pre-Columbian period
Earthenware.
Different measures.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 457
Figure of a prisoner
Perù, Moche culture, 200 BC-550 AD
Painted earthenware, the ensemble formed by an architectural structure with a naked figure of a prisoner seated with his hands tied to a pole.
8.7 x 5.1 x 6.5 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 458
Man head
Bolivia, Tiahuanaco culture, 700-1000 AD
Stone.
3.5 x 3.1 x 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 459
Man head
Costa Rica, Central Plateau culture, 800-1500 AD
Volcanic stone.
5.7 x 5.3 x 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 800
Lot 460
Mythical figure
Perù, Moche culture, 0-500 AD
Painted earthenware.
9.3 x 6.5 x 4.1 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 461
Pregnant female figure
Mexico, Jalisco culture, 300 BC-600 AD
Earthenware.
5.7 x 4.1 x 2.2 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 462
Anthropomorphic jar
Panama, Clocé culture, 700-1100 d.C.
Painted earthenware, the face with a mask, a frog on the chest.
6.5 x 5.7 x 5.5 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 463
Group of Curanderos
Costa Rica, 800-1500 AD
Stone.
The largest 7.5 x 4.5 x 5.1 in.
Starting price: € 500
Lot 464
Baluster vase
Italy, 20th Century
Porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration of flowers, dragonflies and seals, mark to the center of the base.
16.3 x 7.9 x 7.9 in.
Starting price: € 150
Lot 465
Vase with cover
Europe, 18th-19th Century
Porcelain painted with enamels and gold of the 'Imari' palette, decorated with landscapes and floral motifs, mark on the inner rim of the base, hemispherical lid with a Buddhist lion shaped handle.
17.7 x 9.4 x 9.4 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 466
Standing deity
Europe, 20th Century
Painted gilt-earthenware.
26.8 x 8.7 x 8.7 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 467
Pair of dishes
Europe, 20th Century
Porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration of fishes and aquatic plants, star mark to the base.
Diameter 9.8 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 468
Seven volumes on Chinese and Buddhist art
Different measures.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 469
Five volumes on Chinese and Buddhist art
Different measures.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 550
Lot 470
Ensemble of catalogues
20th Century
Extensive collection of catalogues from some of the major international auction houses devoted to the Far East covering sales held in New York, London and Paris. Including catalogues devoted to sales of textiles and carpets, Indian art, miniatures, silver and furniture.
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Starting price: € 150