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 321
Two Netsuke
Japan, 19th Century
Boxwood, one carved as a fruit and the other as a Buddhist lion.
The largest 1.4 x 1.6 x 1.4 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 322
Small cabinet
Japan, Meiji period
Red and black lacquered wood with gilt decoration, with a drawer at the bottom and two doors with four drawers inside, metal accessories with incised floral decoration
9.3 x 8.1 x 4.1 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 323
Three masks
Japan, 20th Century
Two in lacquered and painted wood for the Noh theater, one in painted earthenware depicting the face of Daikoku.
The largest 10.2 x 11.4 x 1.2 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 324
Tea set
Japan, Meiji period
Silver finely decorated with embossed iris flowers, consisting of a teapot, a sugar bowl with lid and a milk jug, signed 有民 and bearing 純銀 (Jungin “pure silver”) mark to the centre of all bases.
1.296 g
Different measures.
Starting price: € 1.000
Lot 325
Pair of vases
Japan, Meiji period
Bronze with a reddish patina, the external surface decorated with clouds and stylized insects in relief on a ground of geometric motifs, a sinuous dragon between the shoulder and the body.
12.8 x 6.7 x 6.7 in.
Starting price: € 800
Lot 326
Superb and rare box with lid
Japan, Meiji period
Metal worked with polychrome cloisonné enamels of soft tones, the refined decoration with mythological animals amidst racemes and stylised flowers, signature 本夛製 (Honda sei) incised on the base.
2.8 x 4.9 x 3.7 in.
The signature refers to Honda Yosaburo, an artist from
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Starting price: € 5.000
Lot 327
Two masks
Japan, Meiji period
Lacquered and painted wood, horsehair.
The largest 6.3 x 4.7 x 1.6 in.
Starting price: € 150
Lot 328
Okimono with bear and eagle
Japan, Meiji period
Finely carved and incised walrus bone.
3.5 x 6.5 x 2.8 in.
Starting price: € 1.000
Lot 329
Small cabinet
Japan, Meiji period
Lacquered and gilt-wood with decoration of flowers, fruits and birds, with incised metal accessories.
12.8 x 10.6 x 5.1 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 330
Mask
Japan, Meiji period
Lacquered papier-mâché, glass eyes.
8.3 x 7.3 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 100