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 26
Two boxes with lid
China, early 20th Century
Silver with polychrome enamels and hardstone inlays, pale green jade bracelets.
The highest 3.1 x 2.6 x 2.6 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 4.000
Lot 27
Two seals
China, 20th Century
Reddish-brown hardstone, the upper part of both carved with a goat and two lambs.
4.3 x 1.4 x 1.4 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 28
Winged lion
China, 20th Century
Greyish jadeite with black inclusions.
5.9 x 6.5 x 2.4 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 29
Two carvings
China, 20th Century
One in quartz depicting a standing female figure, the other in carnelian depicting a seated bodhisattva.
The largest 10.6 x 4.3 x 1.8 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 30
Pair of bottle vases
China, 18th Century
Dehua porcelain (‘blanc de chine’), globular body on a circular base, two ear-shaped handles with movable rings on the cylindrical neck, horizontal band in relief with an incised leiwen meander in the lower part of the body.
6.3 x 3.1 x 3.1 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 325
Lot 31
Guanyin with Child and acolytes
China, Kangxi period
Dehua porcelain ('blanc de chine'), the deity sitting on a rock with a child in her arms and four disciples at her sides.
Defects.
14 x 6.1 x 3.9 in.
A work explicitly intended for export to Europe, characterized by an iconography that clearly refers to the Christian
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Starting price: € 300
Lot 32
Madonna with Child
China, Kangxi period
Dehua porcelain ('blanc de chine'), the Madonna standing on a heap of waves, holding the blessing Baby Jesus.
Restorations.
15.4 x 3.9 x 2.8 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 33
Group with He He Erxian
China, Kangxi period
Dehua porcelain (‘blanc de chine’), the two figures, symbol of Union and Harmony, depicted standing on a semicircular plinth.
6.9 x 3.9 x 2 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 34
Small jar
China, dynasty Yuan style
Porcelain with underglazed copper red floral decoration.
2.6 x 1.8 x 1.8 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 35
Small jar
China, Ming dynasty, 17th Century
Porcelain with underglazed cobalt blue floral decoration.
4.3 x 3.9 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 36
Inkstone
China, Song dynasty style
Shayan stone, rectangular section, inscription incised on the back.
1.9 x 3.7 x 5.9 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 325
Lot 37
Flask
China, Ming dynasty style
Porcelain painted in underglazed cobalt blue, with a decoration of phoenixes flying amidst floral tendrils.
Restorations.
8.1 x 4.9 x 2.6 in.
Starting price: € 1.500
Lot 38
Small vase
China, 20th Century
Ding style porcelain, with carved floral decoration.
6.5 x 4.3 x 4.3 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 225
Lot 39
Flask
China, 20th Century
Porcelain painted in underglazed cobalt blue with a decoration of stylised waves and vines, apocryphal Xuande mark.
7.5 x 8.3 x 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 40
Bowl
China, Song dynasty style
Brown glazed ceramic with a reserve stylised decoration, made in Jizhou (Jiangxi province).
1.6 x 5.1 x 5.1 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 41
Vase
China, Ming dynasty
Céladon and crakled glazed Longquan ceramic, with a relief decoration of floral shoots.
The neck is missing.
7.1 x 5.5 x 5.5 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 42
Bowl
China, 20th Century
Bronze, the exterior and the bottom with a relief decoration of dragons.
2.4 x 4.5 x 4.5 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 43
Ewer with lid
China, 20th Century
Metal decorated with polychrome cloisonné enamel depicting mythological animals amidst stylised flowers.
7.9 x 9.1 x 5.1 in.
Starting price: € 125 | Sold for : € 125
Lot 44
Bowl
China, 19th-20th Century
Metal decorated with polychrome cloisonné enamels depicting mythological animals, fish and floral motifs, on carved wooden base.
5.1 x 9.3 x 9.3 in.
Starting price: € 700 | Sold for : € 700
Lot 45
Large ewer with lid
China, 20th Century
Cloisonné enameled metal with stylised floral decoration, handle and spout with dragon with open jaws, the hemispherical lid tied to the body by a chain.
15.7 x 19.7 x 9.4 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 700
Lot 46
Bodhisattva
China, 18th-19th Century
Bronze, the Buddhist deity seated on a tripod base, with the right leg raised to the knee.
5.1 x 3.1 x 1.6 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 425
Lot 47
Guanyin
China, 17th-18th Century
Gilt-bronze, the deity seated on a double lotus flower base, legs crossed and arms bent at the elbow, necklace on the chest and crown on the head.
7.3 x 3.9 x 1.8 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 450
Lot 48
Guanyin
China, Ming dynasty, 17th Century
Bronze, the Buddhist deity bejeweled and crowned, depicted seated on a lotus flower supported by a pedestal, on the left shoulder a bird, on the right a flask.
11.2 x 5.1 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 1.100
Lot 49
Xiwangmu
China, Ming dynasty, 17th Century
Gilt-bronze, the Queen Mother of the West, a deity of Taoist origin, dressed in a flowing robe, her hands clasped on her chest, probably holding the hu tablet (now missing), a necklace on her chest and a headdress decorated with birds on her head. The lower part on the
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Starting price: € 1.500
Lot 50
Taoist deity
China, Ming dynasty
Bronze, the deity depicted seated with the arms on the chest hidden by the wide sleeves of the dress, a headdress on the head.
Defects.
17.7 x 9.1 x 7.9 in.
Starting price: € 1.400