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 As regards the paintings there are important pictures of the 17th and 18th Century, among which an unpublished canvas by a young Luca Giordano and a great mythological scene by Lorenzo Pasinelli.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 226
SCUOLA TOSCANA, AMBITO DI MATTEO BONECHI
Salomone che adora gli Dei
Oil on canvas, in coeval carved and gilt-wood frame.
17.32 x 24.80 in.
Starting price: € 3.000
Lot 227
CARTEL D'APPLIQUE WITH CONSOLE
France, Napoleon III
Wooden case inlaid in Boulle style, in gilt bronze, gilt metal and tortoise-shell, with gilt metal dial, on a shaped shelf.
Movenment with anchor escapement, spring suspension, hour and half-hour striking on bell, hour division on count-wheel.
Damages and losses, one of
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Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 1.500
Lot 228
CARVED AND GILTWOOD MIRROR
End of 18th Century
Top centered by a floral vase, with lateral floral and foliage garlands.
Mirror replaced.
Damages and losses.
46.1 x 29.1 in.
Starting price: € 700 | Sold for : € 700
Lot 229
PUTTO WOODEN SCUPTURE
Italy, 18th-19th Century
Carved and painted in ochre and cream wood, the head reclined on one side, in his hands a cartouche with partially illegible inscription. Mounted on a wooden faux marble column, recent.
65.4 x 17.3 x 12.6 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 230
PAINTED WOOD CHEST
Probably Venice, 18th Century
Nice shaped chest, painted in trompe-l'oeil with S-shaped borders centered by shells and two central reserves with garland and bouquet of flowers, the seat in faux marble.
Restorations and replacements.
44.3 x 42.3 x 14.6 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 450
Lot 231
SCUOLA EMILIANA, AMBITO DI FRANCESCO MALAGOLI
Coppia di nature morte 17th Century
Oil on canvas, in coeval frame.
34.25 x 25.59 in.
Starting price: € 2.000 | Sold for : € 3.200
Lot 232
PAIR OF ARMCHAIRS
Italy, end of 18th Century
Carved wood with fluted profiles and floral clasps, on fluted tapering legs, upholstered in operated red satin.
33.5 x 23.2 x 20.9 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 233
ATTRIBUITO A CLEMENTE SPERA 1661-1742
Capriccio architettonico con rovine e figure
Oil on canvas, accompanied by an expertise by Ferdinando Arisi.
14.96 x 18.70 in.
Starting price: € 4.000
Lot 234
DÉMI-LUNE COMMODE
Piedmont, 1770 circa
In rosewood and kingwood, with gray marble top, three drawers and two side doors, on the drawers a geometric decoration with intertwined lozenges, with gilt metal clasps on the frieze, on tapering legs with gilt bronze feet.
Damages and losses to the veneer.
35.4 x
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Starting price: € 5.000 | Sold for : € 6.000
Lot 235
PAIR OF NIGHT-SIDE TABLES
Sicily, 18th Century and later
Shaped, with two drawers devided by three Spain paper lines, red marble shaped top, four dark wood knots at the drawer handles.
Restorations and replacements. Handles and noozles replaced.
33.5 x 23.6 x 13 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 700
Lot 236
CHEST OF DRAWERS
Sicily, 18th Century and later
Shaped, with two drawers with crosspiece, marquetrie veneered, with gilt bronze handles, noozles and feet.
Restorations and replacements.
36.2 x 49.2 x 22.8 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 237
SCUOLA LOMBARDA, AMBITO DEI LIGARI
Giaele e Sisara
Oil on canvas.
38.58 x 28.35 in.
Starting price: € 3.000
Lot 238
A CARTEL CLOCK WITH CONSOLE
De Forges, Dijon, Louis XIV
Wooden case with Boulle inlays in brass, gilt bronze, mother-of-pearl, hard stones end enamels, with the Fortune goddess on top, a glass and gilt bronze door on the front with a mythological scene with a naiad on the chariot. Dial with twelve enamelled cartouche plates
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Starting price: € 2.500 | Sold for : € 3.400
Lot 239
SCUOLA NAPOLETANA
Coppia di ritratti
Oil on canvas depicting a gentleman and a lady, both in carved and gilt-wood frames. Defects, loss of colors and losses.
38.19 x 28.54 in.
Starting price: € 6.000 Ordinary vat
Lot 240
CHEST OF DRAWERS
In the manner of Luigi Prinotto, Piedmont, first half of 18th Century
In walnut, inlaid in briarwood, ivory and various essences, shaped, with ribbed edges, with four drawers with crosspiece, the upper one containing inside a compartment and three smaller drawers.
On the front a scrolls decoration with small ivory geometrical inserts, on
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Starting price: € 7.000 | Sold for : € 10.000
Lot 241
THREE PHARMACY VASES
Probably Turin, 18th Century
In polychrome maiolica with floral decoration, in the middle a band with the name of the preparation in black.
7.3 x 5.1 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 450
Lot 242
SCUOLA ITALIANA
Coppia di scene di caccia al cervo
Oil on canvas. Defects and loss of color.
20.47 x 28.35 in.
Starting price: € 2.500 | Sold for : € 2.500
Lot 243
VITTORIO AMEDEO CIGNAROLI 1730-1800
Paesaggio fluviale con figure
Oil on canvas, in carved and gilt-wood frame.
25.59 x 43.31 in.
Starting price: € 6.000 | Sold for : € 6.500
Lot 244
FILIPPO JUVARRA. PROJECT FOR THE FACADE OF PALAZZO MADAMA
Turin, 1721
Etching by Filippo Vasconi. This view shows the project with which Juvarra proposed to renew the old castle with two side wings never made and the roofs of the towers behind the facade. A rather rare engraving accompanied by another view of the same Palace and an
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Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 245
PLAN OF THE SIEGE OF TURIN
Amsterdam, 1682
Etching engraved by Giovenale Boetto after Tomaso Borgonio, from the Theatrum Sabaudiae printed by Johann Blaeu.
19.3 x 20.1 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 246
ORNAMENTAL FIGURES FROM THE SISTINE CHAPEL
Rome, Gian Giacomo de’ Rossi, first half of the 17th Century
Pair of etchings depicting male nudes taken from the Sistine Chapel fresco, engraved in copper by Tomassin and drawn by Cherubino Alberti from Michelangelo's originals, fresh impressions even if short at the upper margin. In the lot also two architectural capriccios
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Starting price: € 250
Lot 247
GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI. VIEWS OF ROME
Rome, 18th Century
Nice group of six etchings in late edition, in different sizes, with the classical views of the eternal city. Light browning and small worm holes. Various measures.
Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 450
Lot 248
ARMILLARY SPHERE
Great Britain, 17th Century
Colored etching. Interesting group of prints that includes the present armillary sphere, a compass rose from the “Scientific Dictionary” by Pivati and two plates from books with astrolabes.
Light browning.
9.1 x 6.3 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 249
HERMANN MOLL. NUOVO MAPO DEL MONDO
Venice, 1762
World map with contemporary coloring, from the volume entitled "Elementi generali dell'antica, e moderna geografia" printed by Antonio Zatta in 1762. In gilded frame. Browning.
7.9 x 114.2 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 250
TITLE-PAGE FROM AN ATLAS
Amsterdam, 17th Century
Colored etching. Nice title page from a Dutch atlas engraved by Jan Visscher from the original drawing by Webber, portraying wise cartographers seated before the personification of geography with a large Atlas statue behind them.
17.7 x 11.8 in.
Starting price: € 200