FURNITURE, PAINTINGS, WORKS OF ART
AUCTION
Tuesday 22 September 2020
9.30 am | lots 1-292
2 pm | lots 293-665
Sala Bolaffi, Torino, via Cavour 17
VIEWING
From Thursday 10 September by appointment only (+39 011 0199101; info@astebolaffi.it).
From Thursday 17 to Tuesday 22 September 2020, free entrance from 10 am to 6 pm.
Sala Bolaffi, Torino, via Cavour 17
Lot 471
Female miniature
Probably France, early 19th Century
Pastels on paper, in elegant gilt bronze and mother of pearl frame with scrolled leaves on top.
4.7 x 3.7 in.
Starting price: € 50 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 472
Group of four miniatures depicting female figures
France and England, 18th-19th Century
Mixed media on paper, framed.
Different measures.
Starting price: € 250
Lot 473
Group of six miniatures depicting male figures
France and England, 18th-19th Century
Mixed media on paper, framed.
Different measures.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 474
Wooden snuff box with miniature
19th Century
With tortoise-shell internal rim, a rural scene miniature on the cover.
A crack on the cover's rim.
Diameter 3.1 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 475
Oval miniature
19th Century
Feminine miniature on ivory depicting the famous portrait of Beatrice Cenci by Guido Reni, mounted within a silver and gilt-metal frame with small beads set, the reserve visible under glass.
2.8 x 1.8 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 476
Tortoise-shell snuff box
19th Century
Circular, with gilt-metal internal rim.
Minor wear, on the cover traces of an applied crown, now missing.
Diameter 3.1 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 477
Group of four profiles
First half of 19th Century
Wax and stone sculptures, one depicting the famous politician, historiographer and writer Carlo Botta, one Napoleon and two others, in ebony, ebonized wood and gilt-metal.
Carlo Botta portrait 5.3 x 5.3 in. including the frame
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 700
Lot 478
Portrait of a gentleman 1829
Pastels on paper.
3.15 x 2.76 in.
Signed and dated lower right recto, in beautiful gilt bronze frame.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 850
Lot 479
Ivory ballet carnet
Italy, 19th Century
Rectangular, with a lady miniature within a gilt-metal oval frame, with two ivory pages inside, with a small metal and ivory pen supported by a metal chain.
3 x 2 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 480
Pair of miniature sculptures
Sicily, 19th Century
Ivory and glass, with ivory column stem, one depicting the Crucifixion, the other one a winter scene.
The higher 5.4 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 325