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 51
Amitayus
China, 20th Century
Bronze with traces of gilding and touches of colours, the deity depicted seated on a base decorated with stylised clouds, with legs crossed and hands in his lap, behind him a flaming halo, inscription and date “Da qing qianlong genzi nian jingzao” incised on the front
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Starting price: € 2.000 | Sold for : € 3.200
Lot 52
Small bottle vase
China, 20th Century
Porcelain with polychrome glaze of the ‘egg and spinach’ type.
6.7 x 4.3 x 4.3 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 53
Small dish
China, 20th Century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels, the bottom and the outside of the wall with stylised floral motifs, apocryphal Jiajing mark to the centre of the base.
Diameter 6.1 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 54
Brush washer
China, 20th Century
Porcelain with green glaze.
2.2 x 4.3 x 4.3 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 55
Bottle vase
China, 20th Century
Porcelain with ‘sang de boeuf’ glaze.
6.9 x 3.9 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 56
Small baluster vase
China, 20th Century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels with compositions of flowers and insects within large reserves on a yellow ground decorated with floral motifs in light relief.
8.1 x 3.7 x 3.7 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 57
Four snuff bottles
China, 20th Century
Porcelain with underglazed cobalt blue decoration, two with apocryphal Qianlong mark, one with illegible mark.
The largest 4.1 x 1.2 x 1.2 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 58
Circular box with lid
China, 20th Century
Porcelain painted in underglazed cobalt blue with decoration of dragons flying amidst clouds and darts, apocryphal Guangxu mark to the centre of the base.
6.7 x 10.6 x 10.6 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 59
Group with Yue Fei and his mother
China, 20th Century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels, depicting Yue Fei, a general who lived during the Song dynasty and became a famous example of patriotism and loyalty in the following centuries, kneeling while his elderly mother tattoos the phrase 精忠报国 (jing zhong bao guo,
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Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 800
Lot 60
Small jar
China, 19th-20th Century
Porcelain with underglazed cobalt blue decoration of female figures.
4.1 x 3.5 x 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 61
Wenchang and acolytes
China, Kangxi period
Dehua porcelain (‘blanc de chine’), the Taoist god of literature depicted seated and flanked by two smaller figures, all on a base simulating a rock.
6.5 x 4.7 x 2.6 in.
Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 1.500
Lot 62
Bowl
China, 20th Century
Dehua porcelain (‘blanc de chine’) modelled as a lotus flower with details in accentuated relief.
5.1 x 8.3 x 8.3 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 63
Pair of Puxian on a elephant
China, Kangxi period
Dehua porcelain ('blanc de chine'), the two bodhisattva of benevolence (Samantabhadra in Sanskrit) seated on the back of an elephant, which is supported by a semicircular plinth decorated on the front with flowers in relief.
Restorations.
8.3 x 3.9 x 2.4 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 64
Two monumental baluster vases
China, mid-19th Century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels in light relief, both with a decoration of crowded scenes of figures within cartouches reserved on a ground of flowers, birds and butterflies, one with handles modeled as a Buddhist lion and cub facing each other, the other with
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Starting price: € 5.000 | Sold for : € 14.000
Lot 65
Coffee pot
China, early 18th Century
Porcelain with floral enamel decoration of the Imari-type, later silver mount, probably Dutch.
6.5 x 3.9 x 4.3 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 66
Bowl
China, early 18th Century
Porcelain with moulded rim, enamel and gold decoration of the Imari-type, the beautiful silver mount probably Dutch.
2.8 x 7.7 x 6.1 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 67
Water sprinkler
China, early 18th Century
Porcelain with floral decoration painted with Imari-type enamels, the metal spout probably of Ottoman manufacture.
10.8 x 3.5 x 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 68
Three dishes
China, Kangxi period
Porcelain painted with underglazed cobalt blue with a floral decoration, one with apocryphal mark of Chengua, the other two with the mark 聚顺美玉堂制 (Ju shun mei yu tang zhi, ’Made for the Hall of Gathering Obedience and Beautiful Jade’), the rim with a delicate undulation.
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Starting price: € 1.000
Lot 69
Bowl
China, Qing dynasty
Porcelain with a decoration of floral arabesques in underglazed cobalt blue.
3 x 5.9 x 5.9 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 70
Two bowls
China, 19th-20th Century
Porcelain painted in underglazed cobalt blue with a decoration of figures and inscriptions.
3.5 x 7.1 x 7.1 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 71
Two figures
China, Qianlong period
Porcelain, one with a polychrome enamel decoration, the other with traces of cold painting probably applied in Turin in the Rossetti factory.
Restorations and missing parts.
7.9 x 2.4 x 2 in.
Starting price: € 150
Lot 72
Six water sprinklers
China, Kangxi period
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels and gilding.
One restored.
The tallest 7.9 x 3.9 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 1.500
Lot 73
Pair of large dishes
China, Kangxi period
Porcelain painted in enamels and gold of 'Imari' type, floral decoration, lingzhi mushroom to the centre of the base of both.
Felure at the rim of one dish.
Diameter 15.7 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 74
Two paintings
China, 20th Century
Glass and polychrome enamels, one depicting the emperor seated on a throne, the other depicting a female figure in an interior. Within wooden frame with metal accessories.
27.6 x 19.3 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 350
Lot 75
Painting
China, 20th Century
Ink and colors on silk, depicting ladies in a landscape. Within wooden frame and protective glass.
42.1 x 12.6 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200