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 431
Large anthropomorphic fetish
Vanuatu Archipelago
Tree fern, modeled as a standing figure with hands toward the lap, the head characterized by large ovoid eyes.
Defects and missings.
81.5 x 14.2 x 11.4 in.
This type of sculpture is among the most typical and exciting typologies of the artistic production of the Vanuatu
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Starting price: € 1.000
Lot 432
Lock
Mali, Dogon
Wood, the vertical section carved with anthropomorphic characters.
16.9 x 17.7 x 2.2 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 433
Colon figure
Nigeria, 20th Century
Painted wood, depicting a standing man dressed in European style, with a tie and bowler hat.
37.8 x 9.3 x 7.1 in.
Exemple of an iconographic typology that mixes local and European-colonial influences.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 434
Reliquary
Gabon, Kota
Wood covered with copper plates, an example of a type of artifact with an explicit ritual and sepulchral purpose, it was used as the top of a wicker basket in which the remains of the deceased were actually preserved.
28.7 x 13.6 x 4.9 in.
Starting price: € 1.000
Lot 435
Mask
Nigeria, Dan
Carved wood, covered with nice patina.
8.7 x 5.3 x 2.2 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 436
Helmet mask
Nigeria, Yoruba
Carved and painted wood.
8.7 x 10.2 x 10.2 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 437
Anthropomorphic vase
Democratic Republic of Congo, Mangbetu, 20th Century
Moulded and incised earthenware.
11.8 x 6.3 x 6.3 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 438
Cylindrical tripod vase
Central America, Mayan culture, 600-900 AD
Painted earthenware, the central section with three figures playing pelota, the upper and lower ones with a depiction of Chac, god of rain.
9.8 x 6.1 x 6.1 in.
Starting price: € 3.000
Lot 439
Seated figure
Nicaragua, 800-1200 AD
Painted earthenware, the cape and the headdress with geometric motif.
19.7 x 8.7 x 5.5 in.
Starting price: € 1.500
Lot 440
Figure of a pensadora
Mexico, Jalisco culture, 300 BC-600 AD
Painted earthenware, the female figure with the head resting on the right knee.
10.6 x 7.1 x 7.5 in.
Starting price: € 1.500