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 As regards the paintings there are important pictures of the 17th and 18th Century, among which an unpublished canvas by a young Luca Giordano and a great mythological scene by Lorenzo Pasinelli.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 131
MUSICIAN PRINCE IN BRONZE
Thailand, early 20th Century
Depicting probably Prince Pra Apai Manee absorbed playing a small lute, wearing a high crown. On rectangular base. Traces of gilding.
17.9 x 15 x 8.3 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 132
GLASS PANEL WITH A TZUBA
China, end of 19th Century
Partially gilt iron tzuba with a warrior figure, mounted on a glass, silk and trimming panel.
6.9 x 6.9 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 133
PANEL WITH TWENTY-FOUR ORNAMENTS FOR THE SWORD
Japan, 19th-20th Century
Twenty-four menuki, the ornaments that fit into the handle of the sword, in metal alloys, mounted in a rectangular glass panel, cloth and braid.
13 x 6.9 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 134
ONE GLASS PANEL WITH SEVEN BUTTONS AND ONE WITH A BUCKLE
China, 20th Century
The buttons in different metals, partially gilded, the buckle probably in silver, the panels in glass, silk and trimming.
9.6 x 8.1 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 135
TWO INRO
Japan, 19th Century
Two medicine cases in painted brass, one with a theater scene, with dyed ivory netzuke, inside painted wooden cases.
Damages and breaks to the wooden cases.
6.7 x 3.3 x 2.4 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 2.200
Lot 136
PAIR OF WATERCOLOURS ON PAPER
Japan, 19th-20th Century
Framed, depicting a pair of partridges and a couple of quails, one of the two with calligraphic panels on the back, the other accompanied by a calligraphic panel.
13.2 x 10 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 137
SIX IMARI PORCELAIN SMALL DISHES
Japan, Meiji period
Modeled in the shape of a leaf, each one shows a decoration painted in blue, red and orange enamels with motifs of flowers, small landscapes and a dragon, compositions inserted into cartouches of various shapes partially overlapping one on top of the other.
1.6 x 9.4
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Starting price: € 2.000
Lot 138
LARGE IMARI PORCELAIN DISH
Japan, 19th Century
Painted in blue, red, orange and gold, it has a circular medallion in the center of the bottom with a bottle vase with flowers, around it there are four larger lobed contour reserves with landscape and four smaller ones with floral composition.
16.3 x 2.2 in.
Starting price: € 500
Lot 139
PAIR OF IMARI PORCELAIN VASES WITH COVER
Japan, 19th Century
Baluster-shaped, with circular base, in porcelain decorated in blue, rust and gold with foliate ramages and cobalt blue background reserves.
16.7 x 6.7 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 2.400
Lot 140
LARGE LACQUERED AND GILTWOOD LETTER BOX WITH COVER , RYŌSHIBAKO
Japan, Edo period
Rectangular, the entire external surface with a black lacquer base with a decoration with maki-e gold thin and sinuous vegetable scrolls, several times interrupted by the heraldic Tokugawa mon emblem consisting of three aoi mauve leaves within a circle.
5.9 x 16.1 x 13
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Starting price: € 400