ASIAN ART
AUCTION
Wednesday 15 April 2026, from 10.00 a.m. (lots 1-300)
Turin
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Lot 281
Group of six crosses
Ethiopia, 20th Century
Brass with incised details.
The largest 9 x 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 120
Lot 282
Group of five crosses
Ethiopia, 20th Century
Brass with incised details.
The largest 15.7 x 8.6 in.
Starting price: € 150
Lot 283
Elephant tusk
Democratic Republic of the Congo, before 1916
Elegantly carved ivory with figures and animals arranged horizontally along the entire length of the artefact.
4.7 x 47.2 x 4.3 in.
Lot accompanied by CITES certificate.
Starting price: € 1.000
Lot 284
Garniture with mantel clock and two candlesticks
Congo and France, before 1916
The set consisting of three pieces, each made of hippopotamus tusks and a gilded bronze mount in Art Nouveau style.
Mantel clock 21.7 x 15.7 x 8.1 in.
Candlesticks 22.04 x 17.72 x 10.24 in.
Lot accompanied by CITES certificate.
Starting price: € 600
Lot 285
Pair of candlesticks
Democratic Republic of the Congo and Europe, before 1916
Each piece consisting of a hippopotamus tusk supported by an Art Nouveau-style gilt-bronze mount.
16.1 x 6.9 x 6.9 in.
Lot accompanied by CITES certificate.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 286
Vessel
Democratic Republic of the Congo, before 1916
Wood with incised details.
3.1 x 9.3 x 8.7 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 287
Pelota player
Mexico, Pihuamo culture, 300 BC-600 AD
Earthenware.
15.9 x 7.1 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 50
Lot 288
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: € 50
Lot 289
Zoomorphic vessel
Peru, Chimu culture, 10th-15th Century
Ceramic, the globular body surmounted by a short cylindrical neck and painted with geometric motifs, one side of the shoulder with an animal's head and on the other corresponding side its tail.
15 x 11.8 x 15.7 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 290
Set of weights
Central America (?), 19th Century
Bronze, six pieces assembled in a nest, the largest one on the outside with a clasp.
1.6 x 2.8 x 2 in.
Starting price: € 100