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 501
FAN
Japan, Meiji period
Ink on paper, two-character calligraphy and artist's signature.
9.6 x 19.5 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 502
Fan
Japan, Meiji period
Ink and colors on paper, depicting bindweed flowers (aogai), signature and seal on the left.
7.9 x 18.4 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 503
Two fans
Japan, Meiji period
Ink on paper, each depicting a traditional poet accompanied by inscriptions.
7.1 x 16.1 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 504
Four books
Japan, 19th Century
Woodblock-printed books, two from a textbook for learning English, one from Kamigaki Morikuni's three-volume work entitled 養蚕秘録 (Yosan hiroku), a treatise on sericulture published in 1803, the fourt consising of the second volume from the work entitled 尾張名所図会 (Owari
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Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 505
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE II 1826-1869
Ushi Tenjin Edo period, 1861-1864
Large format polychrome woodblock print (oban), from the series “Views of Famous Places in Edo” (Edo meisho zue), .
13.98 x 9.21 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 506
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE II 1826-1869
Maiko Beach in Harima Province (Banshu Maiko no hama) Edo period, 1859
Large format polychrome woodblock print (oban), from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces” (Shokoku mesh hyakkei).
A specimen is in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston (inv. RES.54.190.25).
13.98 x 9.37 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 507
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE E UTAGAWA KUNISADA
Yui: the Sisters Miyagino and Shinobu Edo period, 1854
Large format polychrome woodblock print (oban), from the series “Views of Tokaido from two brushes” (Sohitsu goujusan tsugi), publisher Maruya Kyushiro.
A specimen is in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston (inv. 11.36763.20).
13.78 x 9.06 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 508
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE II 1826-1869
Shinobazu pond (Shinobazu ike) periodo Edo, 1862
Large format polychrome woodblock print (oban), from the series “Thirty-six Views of the Eastern Capital” (Toto sanjurokkei),
14.37 x 9.65 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 175
Lot 509
UTAGAWA KUNISADA 1786-1865
The actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV in the role of Munekiyo and the actor Onoe Kikugoro IV in the role of Tokiwa Gozen Edo period, 1856
Large format diptych of polychrome woodblock prints (oban).
Published in relation to a a Kabuki drama performed in the Ichimuraza theatre in Edo by November 1856.
A similar print is in the British Museum in London(inv. 1920,0606,0.128).
13.98 x 19.68 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 510
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE E UTAGAWA KUNISADA
Numazu: the Ashitaka Mountains and Numazu Station (Ahitakayama, Numazu shuku) Edo period, 1854
Large format polychrome woodblock print (oban), from the series “Views of Tokaido from two brushes” (Sohitsu goujusan tsugi), publisher Maruya Kyushiro.
A specimen is in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston (inv. 11.36763.16).
14.17 x 9.65 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 511
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE II 1826-1869
Hikawa Shrine at Akasaka (Akasaka Hikawa) Edo period, 1862
Large format polychrome woodblock print (oban), from the series “Views of Famous Places in Edo” (Edo meisho zue), publisher Fujiokaya Keijiro.
A specimen is in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston (inv. 00.1210).
13.78 x 9.21 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 512
TWO PRINTS
Japan, 19th century
Large format (oban) woodcut prints.
Defects.
9.3 x 14.2 in. the largest
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 513
Two prints
Japan, Edo period, mid 19th century
Polychrome woodblock prints by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865), depicting Kabuki actors, wooden frame and protective glass.
Dimensions include frame.
24 x 19.7 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 514
Three prints
Japan, Meiji period
Polychrome woodblock prints, pages from erotic books (shunga), all with frame and protective glass.
11.6 x 14.7 in. the largest
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 515
Chrysanthemum
Japan, Meiji period, 1893
Polychrome woodblock print, double page from the book "Keika's One Hundred Chrysanthemums" (契華百菊, Keika hyakukiku).
17.2 x 12.4 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 516
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE II 1826-1869
Tenpozan Hill in Osaka (Osaka Tenpozan) Edo period, 1859
Large format polychrome woodblock print (oban), from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces” (Shokoku mesh hyakkei).
A specimen is in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston (inv. 11.16754).
13.86 x 9.65 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 517
Ten prints
Japan, Meiji period
Woodcuts, each depicting a composition with birds.
7 x 9.7 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 518
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE 1797-1858
Hara 1840-1842
Medium-sized polychrome woodblock print (chuban) from the series “Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido” (Tokaido gojusan tsugi, “Kyoka Tokaido”), published by Sanoya Kihei.
6.30 x 8.27 in.
Starting price: € 80 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 519
Fortress with bridge
Japan, 19th century
Large-format polychrome woodcut (oban), probably the central sheet of a triptych.
13.6 x 9.6 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 520
Print
Japan, Meiji period
Large-format polychrome woodcut print (oban).
Probably the central sheet of a triptych.
22.6 x 18.9 in.
Starting price: € 80 | Sold for : € 80
Lot 521
TOYOHARA KUNICHIKA 1835-1900
Kabuki actors Meiji period, 1872
Triptych of large-format polychrome woodcut prints (oban).
Measures including the frame.
22.05 x 36.22 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 225
Lot 522
TOYOHARA KUNICHIKA 1835-1900
Kabuki actors Meiji period, circa 1870
Triptych of large-format polychrome woodcut prints (oban).
Wooden frame and protective glass.
Measures including the frame.
22.05 x 36.22 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 523
Coptic manuscript
Ethiopia, 19th century
Ink and colors on paper, text in Ge'ez.
78.9 x 9.7 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 225
Lot 524
Coptic manuscript
Ethiopia, 19th Century
Ink and colors on paper, text in Ge'ez.
Measures including the frame.
71.5 x 8.8 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 175
Lot 525
Carpet
Northern Africa, 20th century
Polychrome geometric decoration.
110.2 x 63 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 125
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