FURNITURE, PAINTINGS, WORKS OF ART
The auction includes three collections of oriental art from China, Japan and South East Asia, fine furniture, works of art and a fine selection of paintings from private collections
Part 1, Asian Art from the 2nd to the 20th Century 10.30 am | lots 1-321
Part 2, European Art and Oriental Carpets from the 14th to the 19th Century 3.00 pm | lots 322-690
VIEWING from Saturday 20 May to Wednesday 24 May 10 am/1 pm - 2 pm/6.30 pm (Sunday included) - Sala Bolaffi, via Cavour 17, Torino
Lot 101
TWO FIGURES SEATED IN WESTERN FASHION
China, period of transition between the Ming and Qing dynasties, 17th Century Carved, lacquered in black and red, and gilded wood. Both are wearing long ceremonial costumes with very wide sleeves. One has a symbol of his rank carved
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Starting price: € 300
Lot 102
TWO FIGURES SEATED IN WESTERN FASHION China, Qing dynasty, 19th century
Carved, lacquered and painted wood. Given that both figures have somewhat unusual traits and are wearing unusual clothes, these may be “portraits” of an ancestor and of a local hero. Woodworm damage,
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Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 103
TWO FIGURES OF FEMALE DEITIES China, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century
Carved, lacquered, painted and gilded wood. The seated goddess of Daoist tradition held a hu tablet in her hands hidden in her sleeves, on which her name and rank were certainly inscribed. Given that
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Starting price: € 300
Lot 104
FOUR SPHERICAL CONTAINERS WITH BUD-SHAPED HANDLES ON THE COVERS
Thailand, Ayutthaya period, Si Satchanalai/Sawankhalok kilns, 14th-16th Century Sandy stoneware painted under the glaze with brown and grey-black iron oxide. The decoration is divided into alternating
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Starting price: € 600
Lot 105
TWO TALL SPHERICAL CONTAINERS WITH COVERS
Thailand, Ayutthaya period, Si Satchanalai/Sawankhalok kilns, 14th-16th Century Stoneware painted under the glaze with iron oxide in brown and greyblack underglaze. Handle in the shape of a closed bud. Decoration divided into
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Starting price: € 500
Lot 106
A FLATTENED SPHERICAL CONTAINER WITH COVER Thailand, Ayutthaya period, Si Satchanalai/Sawankhalok kilns, 14th-16th century
Stoneware decorated with iron oxide under the glaze, with concentric circles and botanical ornamental motifs. Height 3.42 in., diameter 4.13 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 107
THREE SPHERICAL CONTAINTER WITH COVER IN THE SHAPE OF FRUIT WITH STEM Thailand, Ayutthaya period, Si Satchanalai/Sawankhalok kilns, 14th-16th century
Stoneware painted with iron oxide in reddish-brown tone; one container is also engraved. The cover was finished by hand.
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Starting price: € 1.000
Lot 108
THREE THAI CERAMICS Thailand, Ayutthaya period, Si Satchanalai/Sawankhalok kilns, 14th-16th century
Sandy stoneware, painted with iron oxide under the glaze or on white slip. The swan-shaped handle of the cover was moulded by hand. Cruet height 3.46 in. (neck broken)
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Starting price: € 800
Lot 109
A THAI BOTTLE AND BOWL WITH UNDERGLAZE DECORATION Thailand, Ayutthaya period, Si Satchanalai/Sawankhalok kilns, 14th-16th century
Stoneware painted under the glaze with iron oxide. Excellent condition. Glazing inside the bowl was cracked during firing. The “pear-shaped”
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Starting price: € 700
Lot 110
TWO THAI BOTTLE-SHAPED VASES Thailand, Ayutthaya period, Si Satchanalai/Sawankhalok kilns, 14th-16th century
Stoneware with céladon glaze, one painted under the glaze with iron oxide. Glazing collected in large glassy drops above the base. One vase is decorated with
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Starting price: € 700
Lot 111
TWO VOTIVE FIGURES
Thailand, Ayutthaya period, Si Satchanalai/Sawankhalok kilns, 14th-16th Century In hand-moulded earthenware and glazed in céladon, one painted with iron oxide. The straps that tied to the load to the bearer, highlighted in dark brown, pass over the
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Starting price: € 400
Lot 112
A GROUP OF FIVE ELEPHANTS WITH CÉLADON GLAZING
Thailand, Ayutthaya period, Si Satchanalai/Sawankhalok kilns, 14th-16th Century Hand-moulded stoneware; céladon-colour glazing. Various pieces broken, replaced, and repaired. All the animals are missing their riders. Glazing
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Starting price: € 500
Lot 113
A GROUP OF FIVE VOTIVE ANIMAL FIGURES Thailand (and Cambodia), Ayutthaya period, Si Satchanalai/ Sawankhalok kilns, 14th-16th century
Hand-moulded earthenware, painted with enamel containing iron oxide before firing. The zebù (of Cambodian origins) has broken horns,
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Starting price: € 300
Lot 114
A CÉLADON GLAZED ELEPHANT Thailand, Ayutthaya period, Si Satchanalai/Sawankhalok kilns, 14th-16th century
Stoneware modelled by hand. Grey-green glazing with fine crackles. Missing all four legs (the statue is on a brass and Plexiglas base), the ears, it’s load, and the
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Starting price: € 250
Lot 115
AN ELEPHANT WITH CÉLADON GLAZING Thailand, Ayutthaya period, Si Satchanalai/Sawankhalok kilns, 14th-16th century
Hand-modelled earthenware with glaze. Grey-green glazing with fine crackles. Recent base made in wood. Lively and joyful subject. The right rear leg (replaced
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Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 116
TWO STORAGE VASES AND A GLAZED BOWL Northern Thailand, Sankampaeng or Phan kilns, 15th-16th century
Glazed stoneware in various shades of grey. The glazing ends above the base and does not cover the rim, so as to allow for the piling of the ceramics in the kiln without
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Starting price: € 300
Lot 117
THREE GLAZED STORAGE VASES Northern Thailand, Phan kilns (?), 15th-16th century
Glazed stoneware in various shades of grey. The glazing ends above the base but also covers the rim. Height 6.69 in. approximately These storage vases were produced in large quantities,
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Starting price: € 300
Lot 118
TWO OWL-SHAPED VASES Cambodia, Bayon period, 12th-13th century
The larger vase is in stoneware with a céladon glaze, the other is in red earthenware and has a brown glaze. There are modelled eyes and beak on one side of the shoulders of the vases, the tails on the other
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Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 119
SIX TINY VASES GLAZED WITH CÉLADON China and south-east Asia, 14th century
and later Glazed stoneware and earthenware. Excellent condition. Height between 1.57 and 2.75 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 120
A TRIPOD IN GLAZED PORCELAIN South-east China or Thailand, 15th-18th century
Impure porcelain (black sand inclusions) with ivory glazing that leaves all the incense burner and the base uncovered. Height 2.91, diameter 6.38 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 121
A KHMER GLOBULAR VASE Cambodia, Bayon period, 12th-13th century
Brown earthenware glazed with dark brown iron oxide. The glaze ends above the base and covers the etched decoration of concentric circles and triangles on the shoulder of the vase. Height 3.54 in, diameter
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Starting price: € 300
Lot 122
A ROUND COSMETIC BOX Annam (Vietnam), 15th century
Very find grey stoneware, with floral decorations in a cobalt blue underglaze. The grey-green glazing does not cover the base. Tiny chips, good condition. Diameter 3 in. Produced imitating Ming dynasty porcelains, the
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Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 123
FOUR VOTIVE TABLETS Burma, probably 16th century
Earthenware, these triangular tablets have a theory of Buddha inscribed. They were made using a mould, usually in metal. These are examples of devotional objects very popular in India and throughout south-eastern Asia.
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Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 124
NAT Burma, Mandalay period, 19th century
Carved in wood, lacquered and gilded, this statue represents a male personage seated on a nearly circular base. He is wearing a shirt that is open in the front and loose trousers decorated in relief with a chain pattern; on his
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Starting price: € 400
Lot 125
BUDDHA Burma, Mandalay period, 19th century
Carved and lacquered wood, the Buddha is seated in the dhyanasana position on a triangular plinth. The right hand is in the bhumisparsha mudra position, the left one in the dhyana mudra position; in the lower part of the hairdo
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Starting price: € 600
Lot 126
A STANDING BUDDHA Burma, Mandalay period, 19th century
Carved from a single block of gilded wood, this statue portrays the Buddha standing in a samabhanga position and wearing a soft sampot that leaves the right shoulder uncovered, brightened by a border in coloured
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Starting price: € 300
Lot 127
A DANCER
Burma, Mandalay period, 19th Century Carved in wood and lacquered red, this sculpture represents a female figure standing on a nearly circular base and dressed in a long gown that reaches her ankles. She is captured in a dancing movement and wears a sort of
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Starting price: € 400
Lot 128
A RELIEF WITH BRAHMA India, style of 16th-17th century
Carved in a single block of grey stone, this depicts Brahma standing in the samabangha position on a base in the shape of a lotus flower. He is wearing an elegant sampot tied at the waist with a large knot in the
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Starting price: € 800
Lot 129
A BUDDHAMUCHALINDA Cambodia, Khmer, Angkor Vat period, 12th-13th century
Carved in grey stone, the figure is seated in the sattvasana position on the coils of the snake Muchalinda, whose seven heads form a nimbus to protect the god; the Buddha, is wearing a samghati,
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Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 1.500
Lot 130
A BUDDHAMUCHALINDA Cambodia
Khmer, Bayon period, 13th Century Carved in grey stone with traces of antique gilding; this statue depicts Buddha seated in the dhyanamudra position on the coils of the snake Muchalinda whose seven heads form an almond to protect the divinity.
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Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 1.500
Lot 131
UMA
Cambodia, Khmer, Kheleang period, late 10th Century Carved in stone, the statue depicts the deity standing in the samabhanga position; she is wearing a simple sampot tied at the waist with a thin belt and embellished by a sash that falls vertically between the legs;
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Starting price: € 10.000
Lot 132
LINTEL Cambodia, Khmer, Bayon period, 13th century
Part of an architectural element (lintel) carved in stone, portraying on the front a series of niches to hold as many deities, including the Brahma, recognisable for the four heads and four arms. On the left to the
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Starting price: € 2.000
Lot 133
VISHNU Cambodia, 12th-13th century
Carved in a reddish stone, this figure is standing in the samabangha position and has the arms extended along the sides with the palm of the right hand open outward. The figure is wearing a vertically striped sampot tied at the waist,
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Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 800
Lot 134
AN ANTEFIX WITH VISHNU
Cambodia, Khmer, Angkor Vat period, 12th Century Carved in stone, Vishnu occupies the central position and is flanked by two different manifestations of Lakshmi, Bhudevi and Sridevi; the group is arranged within a multilobed frame in relief. On
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Starting price: € 1.500
Lot 135
A MALE TORSO Cambodia, Khmer, Angkor Vat period, 12th century
Carved in grey stone, the figure is in the samabangha position; he is wearing a classic sampot cinched at the waist by a belt buckled in front and with an elaborate knot in the shape of an Ionic capital on the
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Starting price: € 3.000
Lot 136
A SET OF FOUR SCULPTURES
India Stone, composed by a relief with Gandhara-style figures, an animal head, probably a dog, a sculpture with two monkeys facing each other while seated on a tortoise, a divinity holding a human figure on her lap in a pyramid composition.
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Starting price: € 500
Lot 137
A STELA WITH FIGURE OF A GUARDIAN
Cambodia, Khmer, Bayon period, 13th Century Carved in grey stone, there is a cuspidate almond in relief that reproduces a naga snake, above which there are vegetal patterns. Inside there is a figure of a standing guardian holding a club
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Starting price: € 4.500
Lot 138
A SCULPTURE WITH THE WHEEL OF VISHNU India, probably 11th century
Carved in beige stone, this was certainly part of a monumental group portraying Vishnu. The chakra wheel is in fact his ever-present attribute. On wood stand. Height 5.71 in.
Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 250
Lot 139
GANGA ON MAKARA India, 19th -20th century
Carved in dark grey stone, the relief of Ganga, the goddess of the River Ganges, seated cross-legged on the back of Makara, a Hindu mythological aquatic creature. Ganga has four arms, one left hand is holding a container of
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Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 140
TWO SCULPTURES India, 19th century
Both these pieces were carved in grey stone. Once portrays a monkey seated with his right front hand to his mouth; the other Balakrishna is in pose on an oval base. Height 2.75 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 141
A BAS-RELIEF WITH FIGURES Gandhara, 2nd-3rd century
Architectural fragment carved in accentuated bas-relief in grey schist, depicting a scene with some faithful adoring the Triratna, the symbol that represents the three Buddhist jewels (Buddha, Dharma, and Samgha). Wear
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Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 142
VISHNU India, Mathura, 4th-6th century
Carved in an intensely red stone, with four arms, a tall crown, and a necklace. One of the left hands rests on a chakra wheel, emblem of universal knowledge. On wood stand. Wear and loss of details. Height 6.69 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 143
A STONE STATUE OF GUARDIAN DEITY (ZHEN WU?)
China, Ming dynasty (1368-1644) (?) Grey stone, carved all around. The deity on horse is portrayed wearing armour, his long-beared face is bellicose; while his hands once were holding weapons. The statue was probably positioned
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Starting price: € 2.500
Lot 144
TWO BOWLS WITH CÉLADON GLAZING China, Longquan kilns (Zhejiang), Ming dynasty, 14th-15th century
Fine stoneware moulded and glazed. One of the two bowls, made much lighter and finer, was decorated freehand with quick masterful gestures: the rim is engraved to suggest
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Starting price: € 350
Lot 145
A RIBBED CÉLADON JAR
China, Longquan kilns (Zhejiang), Ming dynasty, 16th-17th Century Lid missing. Some cracks starting at the rim have caused unintentional crackles. Height 5.75 in., diameter at rim 5.79 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 146
A CÉLADON DISH WITH FLAT RIM
China, Longquan kilns (Zhejiang), Ming dynasty (1368-1644) Glazed red stoneware, slightly engraved on the mirror with vines and flowers. The even grey-green glaze leaves only the base unglazed. Old repair of a chip on the rim. Diameter 10.12
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Starting price: € 300
Lot 147
A VASE DECORATED WITH PETALS South-eastern China, 14th-16th century
Very heavy red stoneware, with grey-brown glaze imitating céladon. Free-hand etching of bands of petals. Height 6.97 in., diameter at rim 2.99 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 148
A SMALL ARCHAISTIC-SHAPED CÉLADON VASE WITH RINGS China, Yuan dynasty or later, 14th century
Moulded stoneware with Yaozhou-like céladon glazing and crackles. Even the base and the interior of the neck are glazed. Repair on the rim, two chips on the ring of the base.
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Starting price: € 200
Lot 149
TWO CONICAL BOWLS WITH CÉLADON GLAZING AND VERY FINE CRAQUELURE China, Song dynasty, 12th-13th century (?)
Stoneware paste very fine and lightweight. The unusual beauty of these two bowls lies in the elegant profile and the exquisite shades of the glaze. The pale glaze
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Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 150
TWO VASES MADE FOR EXPORTATION IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA
China, Fujian province, southern Song dynasty (1127-1279) Lightweight stoneware produced in bivalve mould and glazed down to the ring of the base. The glazing is finely crackled, light blue in the hollows, created by the
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Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300