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 126
Small jar
China, 20th century
Fine porcelain painted with polychrome enamels with a decoration of two figures in a landscape, Hongxian nianzhi mark to the centre of the base.
3 x 3.1 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 127
Large collar, yunjian
China, XX secolo
Padded fabric and leather, elaborately decorated with hardstones, coral, bone, and embossed silver.
Small defects.
Yunjian is a Chinese term that could be translated as "cloud collar," primarily referring to women's clothing
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 128
Belt buckle and hook
China, Qing dynasty
White jade with small rust inclusions, carved with a qulong dragons openwork motif.
1.2 x 4.3 x 1.8 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 2.600
Lot 129
Vase with cover
China, 20th century
Dark brown hard stone with red and ochre streaks, the body with a relief decoration of dragons, dragon-head-shaped handles with a movable ring along the sides, the lid surmounted by a Buddhist lion in the round, with ring handles and a
Starting price: € 800
Lot 130
Large baluster vase
China, 19th century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels with a decoration of figures in a landscape, on one side the three Fulushou deities with attendants, handles shaped as a pair of Buddhist lions facing each other.
23.6 x 9.1 in.
Starting price: € 1.800
Lot 131
Alzata
China and Europe, early 18th century (dish); 19th century (mount)
The porcelain dish is decorated with auspicious motifs in blue and red Imari enamels, the bronze mount consisting of a stand and rim with flower and leaf handles.
5.5 x 13.8 x 9.8 in.
Starting price: € 150
Lot 132
Wenchang
China, 20th century
Dehua porcelain ('blanc de chine') and hair, the deity depicted seated, in his right hand a ruyi sceptre.
14.2 x 6.3 x 5.5 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 133
Tile
China , 20th century
Polychrome painted porcelain, lake landscape with mounts, trees and pavilions, inscribed with signature and seal at the top right.
15 x 10 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 1.200
Lot 134
Pair of baluster vases
China, early 20th century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels, the body with a beautiful composition of flowers and birds, enclosed at the top by a relief band of ruyi scepter heads and at the bottom by a series of animal masks, the shoulder and the lower section of the neck with stylized
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Starting price: € 3.000
Lot 135
Incense burner
China, Qing dynasty, 17th-18th century
Bronze, modeled in the form of a duck with its neck and beak pointing backwards, its left leg raised, the feathers on its back, the flanks and head with incised details.
7.5 x 3.5 x 5.9 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 800
Lot 136
Pair of gu vases
China, Qing dynasty
Bronze, archaic style shape and decoration.
7.7 x 4.3 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 137
Incense burner
China, Ming dynasty, 16th-17th century
Bronze, the group depicting Shoulao seated on a rock, a calligraphic scroll in his right hand, a pouring nearby, and lower down a deer, an animal also a symbol of longevity with which the deity is often accompanied.
5.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 550
Lot 138
TWO PAINTINGS
China, late 19th-early 20th century
Reverse painted glass, each with wooden frame and metal fittings, one depicting an interior scene with four children among various objects, the other a garden scene with a lady and three children.
25.4 x 17.5 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 139
Pillar carpet
China, Ningxia,, 20th century
Blue ground with polychrome decoration of a dragon flying among clouds chasing the cintamani, waves and mountain peaks at the bottom.
This type of rug was intended to be hung on the pillars of a Buddhist temple or monastery.
The dragon theme is the most common, and, as
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Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 900
Lot 140
Carpet
China, early 20th century
Yellow ground with polychrome decoration of a dragon flying amidst clouds and darts, stylised sea waves and mountain peaks at the bottom, the border with auspicious objects, inscription in Tibetan at the top.
96.9 x 48.4 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 700
Lot 141
Carpet
China, Ningxia, 20th century
Ochre ground and multicolored decoration of dragon amidst darts, clouds, waves and stylized elements.
157.5 x 39.4 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 800
Lot 142
Tapestry
China, Qing dynasty, 19th century
A polychrome silk embroidered fabric, the entire surface densely decorated with Cantonese opera characters.
Tapestry of this type were displayed in private residences on special occasions, during which theatrical performances were held.
A similar example is in the
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Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.500
Lot 143
Painting
China, Yao, 19th century
Ink and colors on paper, large procession of figures, within a plexiglass frame.
9.1 x 84.6 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 144
Ceremonial headdress
Tibet, 20th century
Leather with exuberant decoration of turquoise and other hardstones, red coral, metal and amber.
28.3 x 9.1 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 1.200
Lot 145
Cerimonial headdress
Tibet, 20th century
Leather with an exuberant decoration of turquoise, red coral, metal and amber.
20.5 x 9.8 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 146
Ritual dagger, phurba
Tibet, 20th century
Bone carved with skulls and snakes.
13 x 1.6 x 1.8 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 147
Mask
Tibet, 20th century
Carved and painted wood, hair, depicts a deity with an angry face and expression.
13.4 x 13.8 x 9.4 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 425
Lot 148
THANGKA
Tibet, 18th century
Ink and colors on fabric, the center with a large depiction of Milarepa, surrounded by scenes with episodes from his life, by deities, disciples and followers in a landscape with rocks and pavilions, within European 18th-Century carved gilt-wood frame decorated with
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Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 11.000
Lot 149
Frieze
Ancient region of Gandhara, 2nd Century
Sculpted grey schist, the front with a composition with seven cherubs holding a garland with flowers, fruits and flourishes, the left side outlined by a stylised palmette.
4.7 x 23.6 x 3.3 in.
Starting price: € 2.000
Lot 150
Incense burner
Tibet, 19th-20th century
Bronze, the lid with Makahala seated on a lotus flower base, the cylindrical container with a square-section base decorated on the front with a vajra, the back of the head with traces of red pigment.
7.7 x 3.7 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 2.600