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.
Spazio Bolaffi Torino, corso Verona 34/D
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Lot 476
Tentoki and Ryutoki
Japan, 20th century
A pair of painted metal sculptures depicting two guardian demons with lanterns.
They are fairly faithful reproductions of two famous wooden sculptures from the early 13th century at the Kofukuji Buddhist temple in Nara.
15.4 x
Starting price: € 300
Lot 477
Bird
Japan, Meiji period
Partially cloisonne enamelled bronze.
8.7 x 4.9 x 16.9 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 478
TEA BOWL
Japan, 20th century
Ceramic with Raku-type red glaze.
2.8 x 4.9 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 479
SMALL CABINET
Japan, Meiji period
Lacquered and gilded wood, rectangular section, several drawers with metal handles.
135.8 x 12.4 x 5.5 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 480
Amida Buddha
Japan, Meiji period
Satsuma-type ceramic with decoration in polychrome enamels.
5.3 x 4.3 x 3.7 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 481
VASE
Japan, Meiji period
Satsuma-type ceramic painted with polychrome enamels ang gilding, blue ground , the body with two reserves depicting a landscape with figures, illegible mark to the base.
7.5 x 5.9 x 5.9 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 125
Lot 482
Vase
Japan, Meiji period
Satsuma-type ceramic painted with polychrome enamels and gold, the body with two large reserves with figures in the landscape.
9.8 x 5.1 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 483
Bowl with lid and saucer
Japan, Meiji period
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels and gold with a flower decoration, all pieces with the mark 肥碟山信甫造 (Hichozan Shinpo zo).
2.8 x 4.9 in.
Starting price: € 50 | Sold for : € 75
Lot 484
Small jar with lid
Japan, Meiji period
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels and gold with a floral decoration, the shell-shaped body supported by a foot with a wavy lower profile, silver lid with floral decoration in relief, Kutani mark to the center of the base.
4.9 x 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 50
Lot 485
TWO DISHES
Japan, 20th century
Nabeshima-type porcelain with cobalt blue underglaze decoration of birds and bamboo.
2 x 8 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 486
Pair of vases mounted as lamps
Japan, Meiji period
Satsuma-type ceramic decorated with polychrome and gold enamels with figures in landscape, the handles shaped as figures.
Measures include the lamp.
34.3 x 20.1 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 487
Pair of vases
Japan, Meiji period
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels with a decoration of floral motifs and mythological animals, the shoulders and neck with a dragon in accentuated relief.
Restorations.
18.1 x 7.9 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 488
Large dish
Japan, Meiji period
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels, decorated with a scene with a samurai and a young attendant in the landscape within a polygonal cartouche reserved on a geometric ground.
22.2 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 489
Large dish
Japan, Meiji period
Porcelain painted with 'Imari' enamels, decorated with compositions of a phoenix amidst flowers in panels radially arranged around a central medallion.
2.6 x 18.5 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 490
Ebisu
Japan, Meiji period
Satsuma-type ceramic painted with polychrome enamels and gold, the protective deity of fishing depicted seated, holding a fish in her left arm.
14.4 x 8.7 x 5.9 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 491
Painting
Japan, 20th century
Ink and colors on silk, a vertical hanging scroll (kakejiku) depicting a landscape with trees, rocks and a waterfall, signature and seal in the lower left corner.
39.8 x 11.8 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 492
Hanging scroll
Japan, early 20th century
Print on crepon paper (chirimengami-e), the composition depicting two ladies in a landscape with huts, signature and seal at the bottom left, within a border with stylised flowers.
40.9 x 13.8 in.
Starting price: € 80 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 493
Hanging scroll
Japan, early 20th century
Print on crepon paper (chirimengami-e), the composition depicting two ladies on a small boat watching a fireworks display near a bridge, signature and seal at lower right, within a border with flowers and cranes.
40.9 x 13.8 in.
Starting price: € 80 | Sold for : € 80
Lot 494
Hanging scroll
Japan, early 20th century
Print on crepon paper (chirimengami-e), the composition depicting a lady and a man on a small boat, in the background a landscape with huts and another figure, signature and seal at the bottom left, within a border wit flowers and
Starting price: € 80 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 495
Hanging scroll
Japan, early 20th century
Print on crepon paper (chirimengami-e), the composition depicting two ladies and two children attending a theatre performance, signature at the bottom left, within a border with cherry blossoms.
40.9 x 13.8 in.
Starting price: € 80 | Sold for : € 125
Lot 496
Painting
Japan, early 20th Century
Ink and colors on silk, depicting a walking tiger, signature and seal lower right. Within wooden frame and protective glass.
Measures including the frame.
43.3 x 18.5 in.
Starting price: € 75 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 497
Print
Japan, 19th-20th Century
Large woodcut print depicting a deity surrounded by mythological animals in a landscape, wooden frame and protective glass.
Measures including the frame.
41.7 x 24.2 in.
Starting price: € 150
Lot 498
KITAGAWA UTAMARO 1753-1806
The Hour of the Monkey: Teahouse (Saru no koku, chaya) circa 1800
Large-format polychrome woodcut print(oban), from the series "Clock of the Customs of Beauties" (Fuzoku bijin tokei).
Wooden frame and protective glass.
Probably a later reprint.
Measures including the frame.
24.21 x 19.29 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 499
KISHI GANTAI 1782-1865
Fan
Ink on paper, depicting a daikon, signature with seal on the left.
Active in Kyoto, Kishi Gantai was the son of Kishi Ganku (1749-1839), founder of a highly successful school.
8.07 x 16.54 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 500
FAN
Japan, 19th century
Ink and soft colors on paper, Nanga-style landscape with inscription and seal.
8.7 x 18.8 in.
Starting price: € 100