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 526
Two tiles
Iran, 19th-20th century
Ceramic with polychrome enamel decoration, one with a falconer on horseback, the other with a seated elderly figure.
7.9 x 5.4 x 0.8 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 527
Carpet
Persia, early 20th century
Decorated in polychromy with a banquet scene, the top with the notables accompanied by pages attending a dance show, with female figures and musicians, several inscriptions.
79.5 x 52 in.
Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 2.600
Lot 528
Thirteen objects
Yemen, XX secolo
Silver.
12.8 x 1.2 in. the letter opener
Starting price: € 450 | Sold for : € 450
Lot 529
Bowl
Persia, 13th century
Ceramic with turquoise glaze, stylised incised decoration on the bottom.
Restorations.
3.1 x 6.7 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 225
Lot 530
Tile
Iran, 19th-20th century
Polychrome enamelled ceramic, modelled with an eight-pointed profile, the centre with a pair of figures with a bird, the composition within a calligraphic border.
Measures with frame.
13.6 x 13.6 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 531
Vase
Persia, 19th century
Ceramic painted in different shades of blue and turquoise with floral motifs within panels.
Defects.
9.4 x 6.3 in.
Starting price: € 500
Lot 532
Fabric
Ottoman Empire, 19th century
Black velvet ground with elaborate gold thread decoration.
116.1 x 66.1 in.
Starting price: € 2.000 | Sold for : € 2.000
Lot 533
Reliquary figure
Gabon, Kota, 20th century
Wood covered with copper plates and wire.
This type of artifact exemplifies the extraordinary modernity of African art, with its abstraction providing countless inspirations for 20th-century artists.
19.7 x 6.3 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 1.000
Lot 534
Headrest
Papa New Guinea, Sepik, 20th century
Carved and painted wood, with an ancestor's head on the front.
Restoration.
6.7 x 22.4 x 6.3 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 535
Large anthropomorphic fetish
Vanuatu Archipelago
Tree fern, modeled as a standing figure with hands toward the lap, the head characterized by large ovoid eyes.
Defects and missings.
81.5 x 14.2 x 11.4 in.
This type of sculpture is among the most typical and exciting typologies of the artistic production of the Vanuatu
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Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 536
Helmet mask
Nigeria, Yoruba
Carved and painted wood.
8.7 x 10.2 x 10.2 in.
Starting price: € 50
Lot 537
Colon figure
Nigeria, 20th Century
Painted wood, depicting a standing man dressed in European style, with a tie and bowler hat.
37.8 x 9.3 x 7.1 in.
Exemple of an iconographic typology that mixes local and European-colonial influences.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 538
Pair of heads
Nigeria, Beni, 20th century
Carved wood.
22.4 x 6.7 x 7.9 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 539
Door
Mali, Dogon, 20th century
Carved wood, the front decorated with figures and abstract motifs in accentuated relief.
20.1 x 17.3 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 540
Three masks
Africa and Brasil, 20th century
Wood and ceramic.
15.7 x 15.7 x 3.5 in. the largest
Starting price: € 300
Lot 542
Pregnant female figure
Mexico, Colima Culture, 300 B.C.-600 A.D.
Earthenware.
5.7 x 4.7 x 2.8 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 543
Pregnant female figure
Mexico, Jalisco culture, 300 BC-600 AD
Earthenware.
5.7 x 4.1 x 2.2 in.
Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 250
Lot 544
Resting boy
Ecuador, Negative Carchi culture, 500-1500 AD
Painted earthenware, the figure leaning on a sack.
4.3 x 3.9 x 1.6 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 545
Smoker and pipes
Costa Rica, pre-Columbian period
Earthenware.
Different measures.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 546
Pin
Peru, 1100-1400 A.D.
Bronze, the upper part with two twins.
6.5 x 2.4 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 547
Two small plaques
Peru, 1100-1400 A.D.
Embossed copper, each depicting a figure with a feathered headdress.
4.3 x 4.9 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 548
Pair of seated figures
Mexico, Nayarit culture, 300 BC-600 AD
Painted earthenware.
The largest 11.8 x 7.7 x 5.9 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 549
Seated figure
Nicaragua, 800-1200 AD
Painted earthenware, the cape and the headdress with geometric motif.
19.7 x 8.7 x 5.5 in.
Starting price: € 750
Lot 550
Man head
Bolivia, Tiahuanaco culture, 700-1000 AD
Stone.
3.5 x 3.1 x 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200