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 As regards the paintings there are important pictures of the 17th and 18th Century, among which an unpublished canvas by a young Luca Giordano and a great mythological scene by Lorenzo Pasinelli.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 91
FOUR WATERCOLORS ON PAPER
19th Century
Painted in chinoiserie, with spring landscapes, birds and insects within a wooden frame, black passepartout with gold border.
12.8 x 7.7 in.
Starting price: € 800
Lot 92
CHINOISERIE PANEL
19th Century
Decorative panel depicting an architecture with two dignitaries.
Indian ink and watercolor on paper.
57.5 x 22.2 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 93
SEVEN DRAWINGS DEPICTING CHINESE COSTUMES
China, 19th Century
Watercolor on rice paper, short margins with small losses.
4.3 x 3.1 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 94
LARGE GUANYIN IN ROSE QUARTZ
China, 20th Century
Dressed in a wide tunic, the figure is sitting with the left hand on the left knee while holding a ruyi scepter with the right hand, a necklace with the head of a ruyi at the neck, a small figure of Buddha in the center of the high chignon.
23 x 10.2 x 7.1 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 95
EMBROIDERED SILK PANEL
China, late 19th-early 20th Century
Red geranium background in iridescent silk with a larger dragon in the center with clouds, four other smaller ones surround it forming an ideal oval, all enclosed within a thin frame of stylized scrolls.
89.8 x 70.1 in.
Starting price: € 700
Lot 96
BRONZE TAOIST DEITY
China, Quing dynasty
In partially gilt bronze, dressed with the long traditional dress, the figure is seated, the hands clasped to the chest are holding the tablet which indicates the rank, with goatee-beard and on the head a hat without flaps.
9.8 x 4.9 x 2.8 in.
Starting price: € 500
Lot 97
STANDING CORAL GUANYIN
China, 20th Century
Red coral with some white inclusions, depicting a lady wrapping herself in her clothes.
Height 5.2 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 98
FIVE HARD STONE SCULPTURES
China, 20th Century
In chalcedony, tiger's eye, amethyst, malachite and pink quartz. All figures stand on a wooden base.
The higher 7.5 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 99
JADEITE FIGURE WITH TRIPOD
China, 20th Century
Céladon jadeite with small apple-green inclusions. On wooden base.
3.7 x 1.6 x 0.9 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 100
JADEITE GOOD LUCK COMPOSITION
China, 20th Century
Céladon jadeite with russet inclusions. A ruyi scepter crosses the composition, while the classic circular pierced coins expand in the middle. Below, a bat carved in the russet part of the composition.
Height 5.9 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300