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
ENQUIRIES
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Outer Yama Dharmaraja
China, Qing dynasty, 19th century
Bronze, the deity and his consort riding on the back of a bull crushing a figure, all on a lotus-shaped base.
Despite his terrifying appearance, amplified by his buffalo-headed face and wrathful expression, Outer Yama Dharmaraja is a benevolent protector of Tibetan
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Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 600
Buddha
Tibet, 18th-19th century
Painted bronze, the deity seated cross-legged on a lotus flower base, the left hand at lap level, a small sphere between the index finger and thumb of the right hand.
5.9 x 4.7 x 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 2.000
SCEPTER
India, 18th-19th century
Brilliant spinach green jade, finely carved into rings that encase the internal structure, the ovoid-shaped knob with small shells, its fabric covered box with elegant gilded bronze accessories.
Minor defects.
29.1 x 1.4 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 2.000
Large deity head
Cambodia, Khmer style
Sandstone, with its base.
Defects.
15.7 x 9.8 x 8.3 in.
Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 1.500
Panel
Thailand, 19th-20th century
Carved and gilded wood, decorated with two female figures flanking a flowering tree.
24.4 x 10 x 1.2 in.
Starting price: € 100
TWO dancing figures
Burma, early 20th century
Carved wood, the two figures depicted in dynamic poses amidst fluttering strips of fabric.
Defects.
29.5 x 17.9 x 7.1 in.
Starting price: € 300
Three votive tiles
Burma, 12th-13th Century
Molded earthenware with Buddhist deities within aedicules.
5.1 x 7.1 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Buddha
Thailandia, 19th century
Bronze on a wooden pedestal, the standing deity with both arms bent at the elbow and hands with open palms in a gesture of reassurance, wearing a loose robe with ornaments in relief, the face surmounted by a crown, wood pedestal.
In the Ayutthaya style but from a later
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Starting price: € 3.000
LARGE INCENSE BURNER
China or Vietnam, early 20th century
Gilded bronze, three pieces, the container with four feet resting on a roughly square base, the lid surmounted by a full-relief animal, all the decorative elements inspired by bamboo.
21.7 x 13.4 x 9.4 in.
Starting price: € 800
Netsuke
Japan, Edo period, 19th century
Ivory, it depicts a seated Chinese figure, his right arm resting on a low table.
The lot has CITES certificate.
1.6 x 1.2 x 0.9 in.
Starting price: € 500
Netsuke
Japan, Meiji period
Ivory, depicting a child painting Hotei's prominent belly, signed Gyokuzan.
The lot has CITES certificate.
1.1 x 1.8 x 1.3 in.
Starting price: € 500
Netsuke
Japan, Meiji period
Carved wood, manju type, Daruma's face on one side, signature incised within a cartouche.
1.8 x 1.8 in.
Starting price: € 200
Netsuke
Japan, Edo period, 19th century
Ivory, depicting Daikoku with his sack of rice.
The lot has CITES certification.
1.4 x 1.3 x 0.8 in.
Starting price: € 450
Netsuke
Japan, 19th century
Carved wood, manju type, composition with dragon flying amidst waves and waves.
1.7 x 1.7 in.
Starting price: € 300
Netsuke
Japan, Edo period, early 19th century
Carved wood, depicting Shoki the demon queller, standing, with a small devil on his hat.
3.2 x 1.3 x 1 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Netsuke
Japan, Meiji period
Ivory, depicting a snail.
The lot has CITES certification.
1.5 x 0.9 x 1 in.
Starting price: € 700
Netsuke
Japan, Edo period, 18th century
Ivory, depictING a seated South Sea Islander, his left arm resting on a low table under which a child is hiding.
The lot has CITES certification.
1.6 x 1.5 x 1.2 in.
Starting price: € 700
Netsuke
Japan, Edo period, 18th century
Ivory, depicting a rakan sitting on a rock, accompanied by a quadruped.
The lot has CITES certification.
1.8 x 1.4 x 1 in.
Starting price: € 500
Painting
19th century, Japan
Vertical hanging scroll, painted in ink and colors on silk, silk frame, in a wooden case with protective glass.
49.6 x 20.1 in.
Depicting the famous episode conceived by the Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi (Soshi in Japanese), who recounted a dream in which he believed he
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Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 225
Fan
Japan, 19th century
Ink and colors on paper, mounted as a vertical hanging scroll, depicting a man armed with swords, on the right inscription, signature and seal.
8.3 x 18.7 in.
Provenienza/Provenance
Sotheby's, 11 giugno 1993, lot 543 (etichetta).
Starting price: € 100
WATANABE SEITEI ATTRIBUITO 1852-1918
Birds amidst herbs Meiji period
Ink and colors on paper, in the format of a vertical hanging scroll (kakemono), depicting a composition of birds among stylized grasses, signature and seal in the lower right corner.
52.56 x 18.11 in.
Watanabe Seitei was one of the protagonists of Japanese painting
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Starting price: € 500
Armor
Japan, 19th century
Lacquered leather, metal, silk, incomplete, with helmet, breastplate, arm and thigh guards, and shin protection, the back of the breastplate with two gilt characters within a round medallion.
Minor defects.
34.3 x 27.6 x 23.6 in.
Starting price: € 1.500
Pair of stirrups, abumi
Japan, Edo period
Bronze, the front with a raised floral coat of arms (kamon), the inside with red lacquer.
Minor defects.
10.2 x 11.4 x 5.1 in.
Starting price: € 500
ATTRIBUITO A KANO YASUNOBU 1613-1685
Chinese-style landscapes Edo period
Six-panel screen painted in ink on paper.
67.72 x 146.46 in.
Yasunobu was a leading exponent of the Kano school in the 17th century. He was, among other things, the master of Ogata Korin (1658-1716), the author of section of the painted decoration of Nijo Castle in Edo,
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Starting price: € 1.200 | Sold for : € 1.200
Buddhist lion
Japan, 19th century
Porcelain, the mythological animal seated, its left forepaw resting on the ball, wooden base.
Restorations.
18.1 x 13.8 x 9.8 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 2.200