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
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From Wednesday 10 to Monday 15 December, Sunday included.
From 10.00 a.m to 6.00 p.m.
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Lot 76
Snuff bottle
China, 19th-20th century
Porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration in relief of figures, some openwork details, apocryphal Qianlong mark impressed to the centre of the base.
3.2 x 2 x 1.2 in.
Starting price: € 600
Lot 77
Small box with lid
China, early 20th century
Embossed silver, shaped as a gourd with relief floral decoration.
3.7 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 78
Brushwasher
China, 20th century
Porcelain, quadrilobate section, the outside of the wall with an arabesque in relief, the inside with a crab and leaves in accentuated relief, impressed apocryphal Guangxu mark to the center of the base.
1 x 3.7 x 2.2 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 79
Two baluster vases
China, early 20th century
Ivory finely carved with open-work stylized motifs.
The lot has CITES certification.
8.1 x 2.4 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 80
Saddle rug
Tibet, early 20th century
Polychrome wool, the center with two dragons within a geometric frame, outer border with Buddhist symbols.
55.1 x 23.2 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 650
Lot 81
Folding screen
China , 20 th century
Six panels, lacquered and painted wood, the front with a composition with female figures in a landscape with pavilions, rocks and trees, the back with flowers and auspicious objects.
72.2 x 95.9 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 2.600
Lot 82
Pair of pillar carpets
China, Ningxia, 20th century
Orange ground and polychrome decoration of dragons flying amidst clouds and darts in pursuit of the pearl, mountain peaks on sea waves.
This type of rug was intended to be hung on the pillars of a Buddhist temple or monastery.
The dragon motif is the most common, and,
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Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 1.700
Lot 83
Panel
China, early 20th Century
Carved, painted, and gilded wood, wavy shape, openwork decoration, figures in a landscape on the left, a composition with flowers and objects on the right, the two scenes enclosed by a geometric relief border, a Buddhist lion at top right.
Defects.
12.8 x 19.7 x
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Starting price: € 200
Lot 84
Console
China, 20th century
Carved wood, trapezoidal section, the lower section with 'cracked ice' geometric motif.
32.3 x 41.7 x 17.9 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 125
Lot 85
Pair of elephants
China, Qing dynasty, late 18th-early 19th Century
Polychrome cloisonné and champlevé enameled metal with extensive gilding, the two animals adorned with floral motifs and the character shou (long life), a vase with a lid and ribbon handles on the back of the two animals.
The elephant symbolizes strength and wisdom,
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Starting price: € 4.000
Lot 86
Guanyin
China, Ming dynasty, 16th-17th Century
Bronze with traces of gilding and lacquering, the deity seated on a double lotus flower base, jewels on the chest and an exuberant headdress, antique inscription in Chinese and an inventory label inside.
8.5 x 4.3 x 3.1 in.
Starting price: € 900
Lot 87
Ananda
China, Ming dynasty, 16th-17th century
Lacquered bronze, the Buddha's disciple depicted standing with his hands clasped on his chest.
6.9 x 2.6 x 2.6 in.
Starting price: € 800
Lot 88
Vase, hu
China, 17th-18th Century
Bronze, animal head handles with movable ring, relief decoration of horizontal bands with archaic motifs.
14.2 x 8.7 in.
Starting price: € 700
Lot 89
Guanyin
China, Ming dynasty, 16th-17th Century
Bronze, the deity seated on a double lotus flower base with legs crossed in lalitasana, dressed in a large robe that leaves the chest exposed with elaborate jewelry, in each hand a flowering stem, near the shoulder on one side a bird, on the other an ewer, the head
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Starting price: € 3.000
Lot 90
Tripod incense burner with lid
China, Qing dynasty, 18th century
Bronze, the vessel supported by three feet in the shape of elephants' heads, the body with floral arabesques in relief and handles in the shape of an elephant's head with an upwardly curved trunk, the lid
Starting price: € 1.200 | Sold for : € 7.000
Lot 91
Carving
China, 20th century
Pink coral, carved with two female figures and bird, wooden base.
6.1 x 7.3 x 1.4 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.100
Lot 92
Carving
China, 20th century
Pink coral, carved with two female figures, glued to a crystal support.
7.5 x 5.5 x 2 in.
Starting price: € 800
Lot 93
Pindola lohan
China, 20th century
Stone of creamy tone, the seated deity holding a rosary in her left hand, her right resting on the back of the tamed tiger, a bowl on the ground from which fumigations flow, incised signature on the bottom, wooden base.
3.9 x 4.1 x 3.1 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 175
Lot 94
Tablet, Hu
China, probably Ming dynasty
Ivory.
The lot has CITES certificate.
18.9 x 2 in.
This type of artifact was used exclusively in an imperial context: officials visiting the court were given it before being in the presence of the sovereign so as to protect him from airborne contamination by others.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 95
Two small table screens
China, 20th century
One with a wooden structure and a porcelain plaque painted with polychrome enamels with a landscape with figures, the back covered in paper with an inscription, the other with a wooden structure and a stone plaque, one side with two polychrome figures, the other with an
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Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 550
Lot 96
Pillar carpet
China, Ningxia, 20th century
Blue ground with polychrome decoration of dragon, sacred objects, festoons and inscriptions.
This type of rug was intended to be hung on the pillars of a Buddhist temple or monastery.
The dragon motif is the most common, and, as in this example, these fabrics have no
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Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 97
Carpet
China , 20th century
Ochre ground and polychrome decoration of rock and bamboo.
59.1 x 31.5 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 98
WANG YOUZHENG 1941
Old man and child late 20th century
Ink and colours on paper, on the righ a long inscription with seals, framed.
Measures incliding the frame.
38.98 x 38.19 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 99
Bottle vase
China, Qing dynasty, 19th century
'Blue and white' porcelain, a striking decoration of dragons flying amidst clouds and darts, sea waves at the bottom, apocryphal Kangxi mark to the centre of the base.
8.9 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 800
Lot 100
Bottle vase
China, 20th century
Flambé glazed porcelain in shades of dark red and blue.
13 x 8.7 x 8.7 in.
Starting price: € 500