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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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