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 As regards the paintings there are important pictures of the 17th and 18th Century, among which an unpublished canvas by a young Luca Giordano and a great mythological scene by Lorenzo Pasinelli.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 251
TERRESTRIAL GLOBE
France, Early 20th Century
Papier-mache globe openable along the equatorial line, published by Z & B, with metal base.
Diameter 3 in.
Starting price: € 500
Lot 252
SUNDIAL
Italy, Early 20th Century
Rare portable sudial in colored cardboard with leaded string and recent wooden base. Defects.
Height 8.7 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 253
FOREST. TERRESTRIAL GLOBE
Paris, 1924-1926
Beautiful terrestrial globe by the French cartographer J. Forest with elaborate base in metal and red marble depicting an open atlas, a spyglass and a compass. The date is obtained by the presence of Lenigrad and the absence of Lebanon.
Diameter 3.2 in.
Starting price: € 900 | Sold for : € 900
Lot 254
HOT-AIR BALLOON IN PAPIER MACHÉ ON WOODEN BASE
Turin, 1817
On a rectangular base, in wood with four paper dowels with mottos, coat of arms and dedication to the marquise Rosa Brizio Asinari of Bernezzo, above a pyramidal obelisk in wood surmounted by painted papier-maché balloon, dated September 4th, 1817. On top a paper flag
read all
Starting price: € 5.000
Lot 255
LOT OF TWELVE STONES
Italy
A heterogeneous group of eleven mostly spherical stones with three wooden bases and one faux marble painted wooden sphere.
Starting price: € 600
Lot 256
SMALL SCAGLIOLA IN HARD STONES
Italy, 20th Century
Slate slab with inlays of precious stones and marbles, with floral motif in the center. In the lot also a 6 in. strip with other small polychrome marble dowels.
3.7 x 5.1 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 257
PIETRA PAESINA
Tuscany, Paleocene
Scenographic natural landscape from a slab of paesina, a typically Tuscan stone that consists mainly of limestone and clay and which was formed about 50 million years ago. Framed.
2.4 x 6.3 in.
Starting price: € 250
Lot 258
SPICE BOX
Italy, 19th Century
Beautiful turned wooden box on a circular base with a flat knot on the stem and an ivory knob.
9.1 x 4.3 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 350
Lot 259
SIX WOODEN BOXES
Italy, 20th Century
Nice group of turned boxes in different shapes and essences, all with tall knobs.
The higher 8.7 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 260
WALNUT CABINET
Piedmont, late 19th-early 20th Century
Rectangular, shaped with rounded corners, with two central and two lateral doors, surmounted by a band with four drawers.
40.9 x 75.2 x 19.7 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 261
SCUOLA RUSSA
GRANDE ICONOSTASI DA VIAGGIO Russia, early 19th Century
Beautiful and uncommon foldable icon divided into 15 panels joined by hinges, the top in form of helmet that represents the curches domes. The horizontal cycles depicts the major holidays, the upper band shows the prophets of the Old Testament, while the iconography of
read all
Starting price: € 15.000
Lot 262
SCUOLA RUSSA
Trittico della Madre di Dio Odighitreia Southern Russia, mid-19th Century
Southern Russia.
Icon on wood with two side doors. On the central panel the Mother of God pointing the way, on the left door St. Nicholas and St. George, on the right door St. Caralampo and St. Demetrius of Thessalonica.
Fairly good, minor flaws, some restoration.
10
read all
Starting price: € 3.500
Lot 263
SCUOLA ITALIANA
Natura morta di fiori
Oil on canvas. Restorations and widespread repaintings.
30.31 x 24.80 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 264
GILTWOOD MIRROR
Half of 19th Century
Large wooden frame entirely carved and gilded with scrolls and turns of leaves and pine cones.
Damages to the gilding.
57.1 x 37.8 in.
Starting price: € 800
Lot 265
SCUOLA ITALIANA
Battaglia Late 19th Century
Oil on canvas. Probably an 18th Century copy of a painting of 16th Century. Minor loss of color and defects.
21.06 x 25.98 in.
Starting price: € 2.000
Lot 266
SCUOLA INGLESE
Ritratto di Mrs. Thurlow
Oil on canvas. In carved and gilt-wood frame. On the reverse label iscribed 'Mrs. Thurlow Romney'.
21.65 x 16.54 in.
Starting price: € 4.000 | Sold for : € 4.000
Lot 267
WALNUT CHEST OF DRAWERS
North of Italy, 19th Century
With three drawers veneered in walnut interspersed with light wood diagonal bands and centered by a rosette, the top with central inlaid rosette, on shaped legs.
33.1 x 47.6 x 20.9 in.
Minor lacks and restorations.
Starting price: € 800
Lot 268
MAIOLICA SOUP TUREEN
Veneto, late 19th-early 20th Century
With floral, foliate and trellis decoration in blue, green and yellow, laurel wreaths rims, twisted handles, the cover's handle sunflower-shaped.
Passing crack.
10 x 13 x 7.9 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 269
FOLDING CENTRE TABLE
Italy, 19th Century
Rectangular, in rosewood and kingwood inlaid in various essences, with C and S foliate scrolls within geometrical reserves.
32.3 x 29.5 x 15 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 2.400
Lot 270
PORTICO MANTEL CLOCK
France, Louis XVI
White marble and enameled metal case with gilt bronze applications representing leafs and floral motifs, festoons and planters, an eagle with spread wings on top. White enamel dial, Roman hour numerals and minute division, pierced brass hands. Movement with anchor
read all
Starting price: € 1.500
Lot 271
ANTONIO NERI. L'ARTE VETRARIA
Firenze, Marco Rabbuiati, 1661
in 8°. 14, 192 pages. Contemporary limp vellum binding with manuscript title on the spine.
Lacking the first blank, browning on the first pages.
5.6 x 3.9 in.
Rare second edition, the first appeared in 1612. It is the most important work on glass, especially on the
read all
Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 272
PAIR OF BLOWN GLASS CUPS
Italy, probably 18th Century
In yellow smoked glass, with rims and handles in applied tourquoise glass, in the centre a gilt decoration à l'ancienne on turquoise ground.
3.3 x 8.1 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 800
Lot 273
THREE GLASS PRESENTATION DISHES
Venice, probably 17th Century
Decorated with scrolls in polychrome enamels on the rim, two with a yellow enamel border and one, smaller, with a rose enamel border.
Scratches and wear.
The two larger dishes 2.36 x 18.30 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 274
LARGE BLOWN GLASS PRESENTATION DISH
Venice, 17th Century
Decorated with scrolls in polychrome enamels, on the rim two allied arms under a crown.
Wear to the enamels.
3.1 x 17.9 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 275
TWO GLASS PRESENTATION DISHES
Venice, 17th-18th Century
One engraved with ribbons and leaves on the rim, the other with black and gold decoration, a circular cartouche with St. Mark in the center.
1.6 x 16.9 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.000