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 501
FAN
Japan, Meiji period
Ink on paper, two-character calligraphy and artist's signature.
9.6 x 19.5 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 502
Fan
Japan, Meiji period
Ink and colors on paper, depicting bindweed flowers (aogai), signature and seal on the left.
7.9 x 18.4 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 503
Two fans
Japan, Meiji period
Ink on paper, each depicting a traditional poet accompanied by inscriptions.
7.1 x 16.1 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 504
Four books
Japan, 19th Century
Woodblock-printed books, two from a textbook for learning English, one from Kamigaki Morikuni's three-volume work entitled 養蚕秘録 (Yosan hiroku), a treatise on sericulture published in 1803, the fourt consising of the second volume from the work entitled 尾張名所図会 (Owari
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Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 505
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE II 1826-1869
Ushi Tenjin Edo period, 1861-1864
Large format polychrome woodblock print (oban), from the series “Views of Famous Places in Edo” (Edo meisho zue), .
13.98 x 9.21 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 506
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE II 1826-1869
Maiko Beach in Harima Province (Banshu Maiko no hama) Edo period, 1859
Large format polychrome woodblock print (oban), from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces” (Shokoku mesh hyakkei).
A specimen is in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston (inv. RES.54.190.25).
13.98 x 9.37 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 507
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE E UTAGAWA KUNISADA
Yui: the Sisters Miyagino and Shinobu Edo period, 1854
Large format polychrome woodblock print (oban), from the series “Views of Tokaido from two brushes” (Sohitsu goujusan tsugi), publisher Maruya Kyushiro.
A specimen is in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston (inv. 11.36763.20).
13.78 x 9.06 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 508
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE II 1826-1869
Shinobazu pond (Shinobazu ike) periodo Edo, 1862
Large format polychrome woodblock print (oban), from the series “Thirty-six Views of the Eastern Capital” (Toto sanjurokkei),
14.37 x 9.65 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 175
Lot 509
UTAGAWA KUNISADA 1786-1865
The actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV in the role of Munekiyo and the actor Onoe Kikugoro IV in the role of Tokiwa Gozen Edo period, 1856
Large format diptych of polychrome woodblock prints (oban).
Published in relation to a a Kabuki drama performed in the Ichimuraza theatre in Edo by November 1856.
A similar print is in the British Museum in London(inv. 1920,0606,0.128).
13.98 x 19.68 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 510
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE E UTAGAWA KUNISADA
Numazu: the Ashitaka Mountains and Numazu Station (Ahitakayama, Numazu shuku) Edo period, 1854
Large format polychrome woodblock print (oban), from the series “Views of Tokaido from two brushes” (Sohitsu goujusan tsugi), publisher Maruya Kyushiro.
A specimen is in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston (inv. 11.36763.16).
14.17 x 9.65 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 511
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE II 1826-1869
Hikawa Shrine at Akasaka (Akasaka Hikawa) Edo period, 1862
Large format polychrome woodblock print (oban), from the series “Views of Famous Places in Edo” (Edo meisho zue), publisher Fujiokaya Keijiro.
A specimen is in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston (inv. 00.1210).
13.78 x 9.21 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 512
TWO PRINTS
Japan, 19th century
Large format (oban) woodcut prints.
Defects.
9.3 x 14.2 in. the largest
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 513
Two prints
Japan, Edo period, mid 19th century
Polychrome woodblock prints by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865), depicting Kabuki actors, wooden frame and protective glass.
Dimensions include frame.
24 x 19.7 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 514
Three prints
Japan, Meiji period
Polychrome woodblock prints, pages from erotic books (shunga), all with frame and protective glass.
11.6 x 14.7 in. the largest
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 515
Chrysanthemum
Japan, Meiji period, 1893
Polychrome woodblock print, double page from the book "Keika's One Hundred Chrysanthemums" (契華百菊, Keika hyakukiku).
17.2 x 12.4 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 516
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE II 1826-1869
Tenpozan Hill in Osaka (Osaka Tenpozan) Edo period, 1859
Large format polychrome woodblock print (oban), from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces” (Shokoku mesh hyakkei).
A specimen is in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston (inv. 11.16754).
13.86 x 9.65 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 517
Ten prints
Japan, Meiji period
Woodcuts, each depicting a composition with birds.
7 x 9.7 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 518
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE 1797-1858
Hara 1840-1842
Medium-sized polychrome woodblock print (chuban) from the series “Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido” (Tokaido gojusan tsugi, “Kyoka Tokaido”), published by Sanoya Kihei.
6.30 x 8.27 in.
Starting price: € 80 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 519
Fortress with bridge
Japan, 19th century
Large-format polychrome woodcut (oban), probably the central sheet of a triptych.
13.6 x 9.6 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 520
Print
Japan, Meiji period
Large-format polychrome woodcut print (oban).
Probably the central sheet of a triptych.
22.6 x 18.9 in.
Starting price: € 80 | Sold for : € 80
Lot 521
TOYOHARA KUNICHIKA 1835-1900
Kabuki actors Meiji period, 1872
Triptych of large-format polychrome woodcut prints (oban).
Measures including the frame.
22.05 x 36.22 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 225
Lot 522
TOYOHARA KUNICHIKA 1835-1900
Kabuki actors Meiji period, circa 1870
Triptych of large-format polychrome woodcut prints (oban).
Wooden frame and protective glass.
Measures including the frame.
22.05 x 36.22 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 523
Coptic manuscript
Ethiopia, 19th century
Ink and colors on paper, text in Ge'ez.
78.9 x 9.7 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 225
Lot 524
Coptic manuscript
Ethiopia, 19th Century
Ink and colors on paper, text in Ge'ez.
Measures including the frame.
71.5 x 8.8 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 175
Lot 525
Carpet
Northern Africa, 20th century
Polychrome geometric decoration.
110.2 x 63 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 125