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 151

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 read all

Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 600

Lot 152

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

Lot 153

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

Lot 154

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

Lot 155

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

Lot 156

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

Lot 157

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

Lot 158

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 read all

Starting price: € 3.000

Lot 159

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

Lot 160

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

Lot 161

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

Lot 162

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

Lot 163

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

Lot 164

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

Lot 165

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

Lot 166

Netsuke
Japan, Meiji period
Ivory, depicting a snail.
​​​​​The lot has CITES certification.
1.5 x 0.9 x 1 in.

Starting price: € 700

Lot 167

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

Lot 168

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

Lot 169

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 read all

Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 225

Lot 170

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

Lot 171

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 read all

Starting price: € 500

Lot 172

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

Lot 173

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

Lot 174

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, read all

Starting price: € 1.200 | Sold for : € 1.200

Lot 175

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

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