ASIAN ART
AUCTION
Monday 15 December 2025,
from 10.00 a.m. (lots 1-213) and from 2.30 p.m. (lots 214-563)
Spazio Bolaffi Torino, corso Verona 34/D
VIEWING
From Wednesday 10 to Monday 15 December, Sunday included.
From 10.00 a.m to 6.00 p.m.
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Lot 26
Pair of Buddhist lions
China , Qing dynasty, second half of the 17th century
Dehua glazed porcelain ('blanc de chine').
Restorations.
13 x 3.9 x 5.5 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 27
Pair of large vases with cover
China, Qing dynasty, mid 18th century
'Blue and white' porcelain decorated with floral motifs, the lid with a Buddhist lion handle.
Restoration.
24.8 x 14.6 x 14.6 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 3.000
Lot 28
Small display cabinet
China, 20th century
Finely carved wood, the three-compartment display case standing on a base with two drawers and shaped feet, adorned with floral arabesques and embossed leiwen bands.
20.9 x 19.7 x 7.9 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 850
Lot 29
Carpet
China, Baotou, 20th century
The centre with a polylobed medallion with a landscape with a figure reserved on a ground of stylised flowers, border with floral decoration.
50.4 x 78.7 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 550
Lot 30
Bookcase
China, 19th-20th century
Huanghuali wood, three shelves, the upper one with two drawers and the front with a finely carved decoration of stylised dragons in relief, the side and rear back panels with open-work carved geometric motifs.
Bookcases of this type were an indispensable piece of
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Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 3.200
Lot 31
Two taoist immortals
China, Qing dynasty
Dehua porcelain ('blanc de chine'), the two deities depicted seated.
One restored.
8.5 x 3.7 x 2.8 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 32
Pair of cranes
China , Qing dynasty, 18th century
Porcelain, the two birds standing on a rock.
Minor defects.
8.5 x 3 x 2.2 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 33
Pair of Puxian on elephant
China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period
Dehua porcelain ('blanc de chine'), the two bodhisattvas of benevolence (Samantabhadra in Sanskrit) seated on the back of an elephant, which in turn is supported by a semicircular plinth decorated on the front
Starting price: € 400
Lot 34
Two large Guanyin
China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period
Dehua porcelain ('blanc de chine'), the standing deity holding a child, one with a floral decoration in red and black cold enamels applied in Europe, removable head, one with fragments of ancient collection inventory labels
Three Guanyin very similar to these are in
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Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 6.000
Lot 35
Large baluster vase with cover
China, Qing dynasty, mid 18th century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels of the 'Famille Rose', the body with a decoration of flowering vines and fences, the compressed lid surmounted by a handle modelled as a Buddhist lion.
29.5 x 11 in.
Starting price: € 3.000 | Sold for : € 3.000
Lot 36
Large punch bowl
China, Qing dynasty, third quarter of the 18th century
Porcelain painted with 'Famille Rose' polychrome enamels and widespread gold, the outside of the wall alternating compositions of flowers and birds with scenes with figures in the landscape, the inside with a delicate bouquet.
Similar large bowls are in the English
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Starting price: € 700 | Sold for : € 4.400
Lot 37
Pair of vases with lid
China, Qing dynasty, 18th century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels and gold, the body with an exuberant decoration of phoenixes flying amidst floral arabesques, the compressed lid surmounted by a pine cone handle, both adapted 'ab antiquo' as a fountain with the insertion in the lower area of
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Starting price: € 3.000 | Sold for : € 16.000
Lot 38
Pair of baluster vases
China, Qing dynasty, 19th century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels, decorated with figures in a landscape with pavilions, stylized handles.
One restored.
22.6 x 9.1 x 9.1 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 650
Lot 39
Pair of window grates
China, 20th century
Finely carved wood with floral and geometric motifs, two medallions with mythological animals at the bottom, metal accessories.
51.2 x 34.4 x 1.8 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 40
Carpet
China, Baotou , 20th century
Blue ground, decorated with a deer and a bird in the landscape.
The motif of the deer and the Manchurian crane, with its typical red crest, is a 'classic' in Baotou production (L. Larsson jr, Carpets from China Xinjiang & Tibet, London 1988, p. 71, fig. 72 for a similar
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Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 41
Carpet
China , 20th century
Blue and ochre ground, decoration of a landscape with mountains, watercourse, pavilions and figures.
65 x 37.4 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 42
Carpet
China, 20th century
Polychrome decoration, geometric border, stylized flowers in the center against which stands a Buddhist lion's head.
Defects.
76.8 x 66.9 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 3.200
Lot 43
Carpet
China, Ningxia, 20th century
Yellow ground and polychrome decoration of a mythological animal mask, stylised clouds, floral arabesques and waves and mountain peaks at the bottom.
74.8 x 48 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 44
Painting
China, Qing dynasty, 19th century
Ink and colors on paper, depicting a procession of children on the right, one of whom is riding a Buddhist lion, approaching a high dignitary seated on the left, the scene is set in an interior with numerous other figures attending the meeting, within wooden frame.
Def
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Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 250
Lot 45
Painting
China, Qing dynasty, 19th century
Ink and colors on paper, it depicts a clash between gods witnessed by two groups of figures, likely inspired by a theatrical performance.
Defects.
24.4 x 40.2 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 46
Box with chessboard
China, 20th century
Carved and lacquered wood, fake ivory chessmen, the outside of the lid with ladies on a terrace, the inside with printed paper, the chessboard adorned with dragons and phoenixes, metal accessories.
The measures refer to the closed box.
3.9 x 20.9 x 9.8 in.
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Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 325
Lot 47
Sideboard
China, 20h century
Carved wood and metal accessories, three drawers at the top, the refined decoration consisting of stylized motifs in light relief.
31.5 x 58.3 x 22 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 48
Jar
China, 17th century
Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue.
The interest of this jar lies in its evidently incomplete decoration. The polychrome enamels applied in the second firing, with which it would have become an example of wucai porcelain, are infact missing.
16.1 x 13 in.
Starting price: € 1.500
Lot 49
Vessel with lid
China, Qing dynasty
'Blue and white' porcelain, decoration of stylised phoenixes, metal handles and ring on the lid's top, wooden base.
6.5 x 8.7 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 950
Lot 50
TWO FINIALS
China, 20th century
Jade, both carved with a deer amidst trees.
2.1 x 1.7 x 0.8 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 425