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 As regards the paintings there are important pictures of the 17th and 18th Century, among which an unpublished canvas by a young Luca Giordano and a great mythological scene by Lorenzo Pasinelli.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 41
CARVED JADE CONTAINER
China, 20th Century
Céladon jade carved in the round around the oval shape with motifs of hens, chicks and dragonfly. With wooden base.
2.6 x 3.1 x 2.6 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 1.900
Lot 42
IVORY SCULPTURE
China, Quing dynasty, 19th-20th Century
In carved and painted ivory, depicting a dignitary. With wooden base.
Old net breaking of the head, restored with gold-colored mixture. Numerous craquelure, index of age.
Height 17.5 in.
17.5 in.
Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 43
PAIR OF MONUMENTAL IVORY VASES
China, Canton, 19th-20th Century
In carved, assembled and painted ivory. On the covers are carved two knights in the round, in the other sections carved on the shoulders, on the belly and above the base, scenes of courts and battles. The stepped shoulder with four opposite handles in the form of masks
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Starting price: € 8.000 | Sold for : € 8.500
Lot 44
CASKET WITH MOTHER-OF-PEARL CHIPS
Canton, China, 19th Century
Brown leather casket containing 246 mother-of-pearl chips of different sizes, including many with an engraved monogram.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 650
Lot 45
ONE COMPLETE SET FOR THE GAME OF MAHJONG AND ONE PAINTING ON GLASS
China and export China, Quing dynasty, 19th-20th Century
Wooden box covered in silk, containing 144 bone and bamboo tiles, sticks, chips and nuts, with instructions.
The painting depicting women playing mahjong, in polychrome and gold on glass.
The set 2.1 x 13.4 x 8.3 in.
The painting 22 x 14.6 in including frame.
Starting price: € 600
Lot 46
PORCELAIN TRAY
China, Quing dynasty, 19th-20th Century
Oval, shaped, a decoration with peonies on the edge and a scene with dignitaries in the center.
3.9 x 15 x 11.2 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 47
LOT OF EIGHT DIFFERENT DISHES
China and Chinoiserie, 19th-20th Century
Including two in Imari style, some with floral decorations on a white background and one in white and blue. Together with five others with breakages and restorations,
Diameter 9.1 in.
Starting price: € 450
Lot 48
PORCELAIN ROUND BOX WITH COVER
China, Quing dynasty, 20th Century
Bivalve box, decorated in famille rose, on the outside with country scene, inside with an erotic scene.
Qianlong apocryphal seal on the bottom.
1.8 x 5.2 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 49
AMBER SEAL
China, Quing dynasty, 20th Century
Carved with a mountain landscape.
2 x 2 x 1.5 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 50
COMPOSITION WITH PAIR OF STONE SEALS
China, Quing dynasty, 20th century
Decorated with two dragons playing with the flaming pearl. Engraving at the base with two seals in the "folded nine times" writing (jiudiewen 九 叠 文).
Traces of vermilion. One of the two seals is crossed by a vein of the stone.
1.6 x 4.7 x 2.6 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200