FURNITURE, PAINTINGS, WORKS OF ART
Important auction characterized by great quality and unexceptionable origins. The first part of the catalogue is dedicated to oriental art with 150 lots made out of jade, ivory, coral and porcelain. The second session is dedicated to the western arts including two prestigious private collections, the one of a Roman gentleman with high-period furniture, and the collection of Giuseppe Clinanti of antique glass, composed of pieces of absolute rarity from the 16th to the 19th Century. As regards the paintings there are important pictures of the 17th and 18th Century, among which an unpublished canvas by a young Luca Giordano and a great mythological scene by Lorenzo Pasinelli. The 19th Century is represented by a large painting of museum quality by Antonio Zona, two rare oils by Giovanni Giani and a beautiful landscape by Lorenzo Viani. The sale ends with a series of objects of royal and papal provenance, and with an eclectic silver candlestick whose adventurous story will be disclosed to you in the Bolaffi saleroom.
11 am | lots 1-145
2 pm | lots 146-476
Turin - Sala Bolaffi, via Cavour 17
VIEWING
5/11 April Turin - Sala Bolaffi, via Cavour 17 (10-13 am | 2-6 pm)
Lot 1
PAIR OF PORCELAIN DISHES
China, Quing dynasty, 20th Century
Decorated with vitreous enamels in blue peonies accompanied by spring poems. Seal of the author, mark of the "knot without end" painted in red on the bottom.
Diameter 6.7 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 2
PAIR OF PORCELAIN DISHES
Japan, Meiji period, 19th-20th Century
In polychrome enamels of the Satsuma palette, with flying ducks. Signature and seal (玉 仙 Gyokusen).
Diameter 7.1 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 3
PAIR OF PORCELAIN SMALL DISHES
China, 20th Century
Porcelain painted under glaze in cobalt blue, with a very thick and vitreous white-light blue enamel.
Diameter 5.5 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 4
THREE PORCELAIN SMALL DISHES
China, Quing dynasty, 20th Century
Decorated with plant motifs and inscriptions with over glaze 'famille verte' enamels.
The larger diameter 6.3 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 5
LOT OF FOUR PORCELAIN SMALL DISHES AND TWO SMALL STANDS
China, 19th-20th Century
Shaped, decorated with 'famille rose' enamels with peach motifs.
The larger diameter 5.3 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 6
FOUR PORCELAIN SMALL DISHES
China, Quing dynasty, 19th-20th Century
Two fluted and two plain dishes, all decorated with over glaze 'famille rose' enamels with flowers and insects.
The larger diameter 5.3 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 7
FOUR PORCELAIN CUPS
China, Quing dynasty, 19th-20th Century
Two with lid and two with dish, decorated with over glaze 'famille rose' enamels with flower and bird motifs.
3.3 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 8
ONE PORCELAIN JARDINIÈRE AND FOUR BOWLS
China, Quing dynasty, 19th-20th Century
Decorated with over glaze 'famille rose' enamels with auspicious motifs.
The jardinière 2 x 6.7 x 3.7 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 9
TWO PORCELAIN STANDS
China, Quing dynasty, 19th-20th Century
Decorated with over glaze polychrome enamels. The deeper bowl is decorated outside with hexagrams, while the inside is glazed in turquoise, in the center of the other one is painted the yin and yang motif, the exterior is decorated with flowers.
The larger 2.3 x 6.5 in.
Starting price: € 150
Lot 10
PORCELAIN DISH
China, 20th Century
With decoration in the manner of Wang Dafan in polychrome glazes. With inscription and seal.
Diameter 9.4 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 4.200
Lot 11
EIGHT PORCELAINS
China, Quing dynasty, 20th Century
Including two cups with lid, four small dishes and two fruit plates, decorated with 'famille rose' enamels with floral motifs.
The cups circa 3.3 x 4.1 in.
Starting price: € 500
Lot 12
TWO CUPS WITH COVER AND A BOTTOM PLATE
China, 19th-20th Century
Decorated with figurative motifs with over glaze 'famille rose' enamels.
2.3 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 13
THREE PORCELAIN CUPS
China, Quing dynasty, 19th-20th Century
Two of which with a lid, decorated with over glaze 'famille rose' enamels with deer motifs.
2.8 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 250
Lot 14
THREE PORCELAIN BOWLS
China, Quing dynasty, 20th Century
Decorated with over glaze 'famille rose' enamels with goldfish motifs.
The larger 2.8 x 5.9 x 5.9 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Estimate : € 300 - 600
Lot 15
LOT OF A PORCELAIN STAND AND THREE SMALL DISHES
China, Quing dynasty, 20th Century
Decorated in 'famille rose' with over glaze enamels with pond and lotus flowers.
2.4 x 5.9 x 5.7 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 16
SIX PORCELAINS
China, Quing dynasty, 19th-20th Century
Comprising a fluted plate and five shaped small bowls with a low foot, decorated with 'famille rose' enamels, with polychrome circular medallions.
The larger 1.2 x 4.9 in.
Starting price: € 350
Lot 17
FIVE PORCELAIN BOWLS
China, Quing dynasty, 19th-20th Century
A large bowl and four smaller, painted with over glaze 'famille rose' enamels with figured decoration.
Minor chips.
The larger 3.5 x 7.9 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 18
SIX SMALL STANDS
China, Quing dynasty, 19th-20th Century
Porcelain decorated with polychrome enamels above glaze with motifs of flowers, birds, insects, the interior glazed in turquoise.
Some chipping, one restored near the base.
2.8 x 7.6 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 19
FOUR WHITE AND BLUE PORCELAIN SMALL BOWLS
China, Quing dynasty
Porcelain decorated with flowers and an ornamental band under the rim. With mark of the period of the Kangxi kingdom (1662-1722).
2.7 x 4.1 in.
Starting price: € 600
Lot 20
LOT OF FOUR STANDS AND THREE SMALL DISHES
China, Quing dynasty, 19th-20th Century
Shaped, with floral decoration in polychrome enamels and gold over glaze, on a céladon ground.
The larger stand 3.1 x 9.6 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 21
EIGHT PORCELAINS
China, Quing dynasty, 20th Century
Including a bowl on a low foot, six shaped dishes and a small flower vase, all painted with over glaze 'famille rose' enamels with a flowers decoration.
The larger 2.4 x 6.6 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 22
TWELVE SMALL STANDS
China, late Quing dinasty
One larger stand and eleven smaller ones in rough porcelain, shaped, decorated with vitreous enamels above glaze with motifs of flowers, rocks and birds, the inside of the large bowl glazed in turquoise.
Wear and minor craquelure.
2.8 x 6.8 x 6.8 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 23
EIGHT SMALL PORCELAIN STANDS
China, Quing dynasty, 19th-20th Century
Decorated with over glaze 'famille rose' enamels with motifs of peonies and rocks. One bowl with turquoise enamel inside.
The larger 1.6 x 6.7 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 24
JAR WITH WOOD COVER
China, Quing dynasty, 20th Century
Stoneware painted above glaze in 'famille rose' with motifs of good luck, pomegranates, insects, flowers, on an apple green ground. Ash white interior glaze.With wooden lid and recent base.
Height 8.7 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 25
PAIR OF CÉLADON JARS WITH COVER
China, Quing dynasty, 20th Century
Grès engraved with a vegetable motif and covered with a vitreous céladon glaze with craquelure. Glazed bottom except for the raised ring. Lids probably not pertinent. Wanli apocryphal mark on the bottom of one of the two jars.
Height 9.8 in.
Starting price: € 300