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 71
Seven moulded silver buddhist stem cups
Tibet, early 20th Century
Silver-gilt decoration with Tibetan Buddhism symbols.
Not identified marks.
1.660 g
3.5 x 4.8 in.
Starting price: € 1.000
Lot 72
Partially gilt silver masher set for green tea
China, early 20th Century
Silver of very high fineness, parallelepiped shape with two moulded sides, the upper side serving as a removable cover, decorated on the outside with birds and horses flying amidst clouds, together with an instrument with a large wheel inserted in a cylinder.
556 g
2.8 x
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Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 73
Partially gilt silver green tea dryer box with cover
China, early 20th Century
Silver of very high fineness, rectangular section, the base with ogival openings along the perimeter, a removable drawer and a container at the top with the lower side with tiny holes, the lid and the sides of the container engraved and gilt with flying deities, on the
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Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 74
Two silver ewers
China, early 20th Century
Silver of very high fineness, one with a long curved spout, the handle shaped as an ear and the lid, decorated on the outside with stylized floral arabesques in high relief, the other with a curved handle with a dragon-head finial and a globular body decorated with
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Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 800
Lot 75
Two silver ewers
China, early 20th Century
Silver of very high fineness, both with long curved spouts protruding from the head of a fantastic animal, ear-shaped handle and domed lid, one with body shaped in ogives each decorated with a fantastic animal amidst floral arabesques, the other with a pear-shaped body
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Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 76
Pair of partially gilt silver tripod vessels and cover
China, early 20th Century
Silver of very high fineness, the globular body supported by three cabriole legs, a short cylindrical neck and a lid with a bud-shaped finial, decorated with sinuous floral scrolls, the body two large ogival reserves with felines, two fantastic birds on the remaining
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Starting price: € 700
Lot 77
Silver handled basin
China, early 20th Century
Silver of very high fineness, with globular body resting on a circular section base, on the upper area of the body two protrusions to which the ends of the handle are attached, the whole external surface finely incised with flowers.
518 g
5.3 x 5.9 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 78
Pair of partially gilt silver handled basins and cover
China, early 20th Century
Silver of very high fineness, with a compressed globular body resting on a circular section base, flat circular lid with three finials shaped as fantastic fish, semi-circular handles attached to two rings on the higher section of the body, an engraved decoration with
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Starting price: € 900 | Sold for : € 900
Lot 79
Silver anthropomorphic oil lamp
China, 20th Century
Silver of very high fineness, modeled as a fully rounded kneeling figure, dressed in a large robe and hat, the two hands supporting the cylindrical container with lid, clearly inspired by the famous artifact found in 1968 in a context dating back to the 2nd Century
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Starting price: € 1.300 | Sold for : € 1.300
Lot 80
Girl’s fabric gilet
Ethnic minorities, South East Asia, 20th Century
Shaped collar, the upper part with 'ton sur ton' decoration of auspicious characters on the blue background and an applied bat, the lower part with floral stylizations.
14.8 x 13 in.
Starting price: € 100