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 21
VISHNU AND ATTENDANT Southern India, 19th century
Bronze with patina, the altar consists of three pieces, or the square base sustained by four feet, the arch, and the main figure. In the centre Vishnu has four arms, accompanied below by another divinity, probably Garuda.
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Starting price: € 400
Lot 22
A SET OF FOUR FIGURES Thailand, Rattanakosin period, 19th century
All in gilded and lacquered bronze. One portrays the Buddha seated in the dyhanasana position on a plinth with three steps, decorated with jewels and wearing a monumental ushnisha. The second is a female
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Starting price: € 400
Lot 23
BUDDHA Thailand, Lanna period, 16th century
Bronze, lacquered and gilded, portraying the deity seated in sattvasana, with his right hand in bhumisparsha mudra.
Starting price: € 1.500
Lot 24
TWO SCULPTURES Thailand, Rattanakosin period, 19th century
Bronze, these figures both represent a mythological animal with four legs. On is being ridden, while the other has a human figure in front of it. Height 2.75 in. and 3.94 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 25
AVALOKITESHVARA Cambodia, 13th-14th century
Bronze, this statue portrays the divinity standing on a circular base in the samabangha position, wearing a sampot tied at the waist with a wide belt with a circular buckle. The dress drapes gracefully down the legs. The hair
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Starting price: € 800
Lot 26
TWO TORSOS OF BUDDHA Thailand, Ayutthaya period, 16th-17th century
Both in bronze, one has a dark patina and wears the samghati. The earlobes are stretched and the ushnisha is flame-shaped. The other is a paré type with a green patina, wearing jewels and a crown,
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Starting price: € 500
Lot 27
NINE BUDDHA HEADS
South-east Asia Seven in bronze and two in stone, all except one on wood stand. Height 1.97 in. approximately
Starting price: € 1.000
Lot 28
BUDDHA Burma, Mandalay period, 19th century
Gilded bronze, Buddha is seated in the dhyanasana position on a triangular base. Dressed in a loose samghati that leaves the right shoulder uncovered, his right hand is in the bhumisparsha mudra position; the eyes are enlivened
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Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 29
A SET OF FOUR FIGURES Burma, Cambodia, and Thailand, 19th-20th century
All in bronze, two with gilding. One represents the Buddha standing in the samabangha position, with some bits missing; on represents the Buddha sitting in the dhyanasana position on a tall pedestal;
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Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 800
Lot 30
BUDDHA Burma, 19th-20th century
Bronze, the Buddha is seated in the dhyanasana position on a hexagonal base. He is wearing the customary samghati that is fitted to his body, leaving the right shoulder uncovered; the right hand is in bhumisparsha mudra. Height 11.42 in.
Starting price: € 500