ASIAN ART
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 121
Small dish
China, Kangxi period
Porcelain with wall and rim modelled in ogives, the delicate decoration of lotus flowers and birds painted in polychrome enamels of the ‘Famille Verte’ palette and gold.
Diameter 6.3 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 122
Double gourd vase
China, 19th Century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels, the exterior with a decoration of figures in the landscape.
8.3 x 3.9 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 123
Large panel
China, 19th Century
Embroidered fabric, depicting a phoenix and a qilin, two mythological creatures whose rare appearance heralds a period of great prosperity, observing each other benevolently. Within wooden frame and protective glass.
Defects to the embroidery.
74.8 x 51.2 in.
Starting price: € 1.000
Lot 124
Seated dignitary
China, 19th Century
Carved, lacquered and partially gilt-wood, the figure sitting in an armchair, the dress decorated with relief motifs, horsehair inserts for the moustache and hair.
Defects.
18.9 x 10.8 x 7.9 in.
Starting price: € 800
Lot 125
Group with two Taoist deities
China, 19th Century
Wood and wooden root, the two standing figures inserted with pins into the base.
Defects.
22 x 15 x 6.7 in.
Starting price: € 500
Lot 126
Hanshan and Shide
China, 20th Century
Carved wood, the two deities depicted standing.
12.6 x 3.9 x 3.3 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 127
Eight ink sticks
China, 20th Century
Each with a polychrome decoration of landscape, within case.
The largest 2 x 3.1 x 0.4 in.
Starting price: € 150
Lot 128
Standing sage
China, early 20th Century
Carved ivory.
8.3 x 2.8 x 2.4 in.
Lot accompanied by a CITES certificate.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 129
Small album with paintings
China, Canton, mid-19th Century
Lacquered and gilt-wood cover with figures in a landscape, enclosing twenty-four small colour paintings on blue ground silk, each with a figure.
4.3 x 3.1 x 1.2 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 130
Two small paintings
China, 18th-19th Century
Ink and colors on silk, depicting two ladies, one standing in a dancing pose, the other playing the lute. Within wooden frame and protective glass.
6.7 x 4.3 in.
Starting price: € 100