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 101
Dish
China, Qing dynasty, Kanji period
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels of the "Famille Verte", octagonal shape, the bottom with a scene with figures in a landscape, likely inspired by an episode from the "Romance of the Western Chamber" (Xixiangji), the rim with compositions of fish or butterflies
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Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 102
Small dish
China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period
Porcelain with wall and rim modelled in ogives, the delicate decoration of lotus flowers and birds painted in polychrome enamels of the ‘Famille Verte’ palette and gold.
Diameter 6.3 in. diameter
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 103
Three dishes
China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period
Porcelain painted with underglazed cobalt blue with a floral decoration, one with apocryphal mark of Chengua, the other two with the mark 聚顺美玉堂制 (Ju shun mei yu tang zhi, ’Made for the Hall of Gathering Obedience and Beautiful Jade’), the rim with a delicate undulation.
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Starting price: € 500
Lot 104
Vase
China, 19th-20th century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels, the body and the neck with a fine decoration of floral arabesques of peony and lotus among which bats and knot symbols, the shoulder with bands of stylised flowers, towards the base a band with
Starting price: € 7.000
Lot 105
Large baluster vase
China, Qing dynasty, 19th century
Porcelain molded in light shells and painted with polychrome enamels and touches of gold, pink ground with decoration of dragons chasing the Pearl in flight amidst clouds and darts, stylized waves at the bottom, two
Starting price: € 800
Lot 106
Woman's robe
China, Qing dynasty, 19th century
Silk worked with polychrome embroidery, blue ground with floral decoration, the lower section with stylised waves and auspicious symbols, the white ground borders with scenes of small figures in the landscape with pavilions and auspicious motifs.
An informal women's
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Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 750
Lot 107
Two military banners
China, Qing dynasty, 19th century
Silk embroidered with multicolored and gold threads, orange ground, both with a dragon in flight chasing the Pearl amidst clouds and darts, two sides with stylized waves, one with blue ground and the character shou ("longevity") repeated seven times.
Minor defects.
2
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Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 108
Robe
China, Qing dynasty, 19th century
Silk, blue ground with polychrome embroidery decoration of medallions with butterflies, bats and cranes amidst clouds, the lower area with waves and auspicious motifs.
53.5 x 72 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 2.600
Lot 109
Large fabric
China , Qing dynasty, 19th century
Silk with polychrome embroidery, in the centre a quadrilobate reserve with four dragons flying amidst clouds, darts, waves and mountain peaks, the lower and upper areas with stylised waves, the scene enclosed within a frame
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 5.500
Lot 110
Court robe
China, Qing dynasty, 19th century
Apricot ground silk finely embroidered with polychrome and gold threads, decoration of dragons flying amidst clouds and darts, stylised waves and mountain peaks at the bottom.
59.1 x 79.5 in.
Starting price: € 800
Lot 111
Baluster vase
China, Qing dinasty, mid-18th Century
Porcelain, a polychrome enamel and gilded floral decoration within three large leaf-shaped and small polilobed reserves on a blue ground.
The lid missing.
17.3 x 8.7 in.
Starting price: € 800
Lot 112
Two immortals
China, Qing dynasty, 18th century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels, the standing deities with an open book in their right hands, head surmounted by a crown, the face with a long goatee, wooden bases.
Minor defects and restorations.
9.4 x 4.5 x 2.8 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 113
Large dish
China, Qing dynasty, 18th Century
Porcelain painted in underglazed cobalt blue, decorated with a glimpse of a garden with flowers and a fence, the rim with four floral bouquets.
15.4 in. diameter
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 114
Large dish
China, Qing dynasty, 18th Century
Porcelain painted in underglazed cobalt blue, the decoration consisting of a glimpse of a garden with flowers and a fence, the rim with four floral bouquets.
13.6 in. diameter
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 115
Soup tureen with lid and presentoire
China, Qing dynasty, 18th Century
Porcelain painted in underglazed cobalt blue, decoration of landscape.
11.4 x 14.2 x 11.2 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 250
Lot 116
Pair of large vases
China, 19th-20th century
Cloisonné enamelled metal in bright polychrome on a turquoise ground, the body with a decoration of powerful dragons flying amidst clouds and darts in pursuit of the Pearl, in the lower section waves and mountain peaks, the foot and the neck with bands with stylised
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Starting price: € 4.000
Lot 117
Carpet
China, 20th century
Decorated in polychrome with a landscape with mountains, pavilions and trees, through which a caravan of men with camels moves.
40.2 x 61.8 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 650
Lot 118
Carpet
China, Baotou, 20th century
Blue ground, a central composition with deer, crane and tree, enclosed by a geometric border.
The motif of the deer and the Manchurian crane, with its typical red crest, is a 'classic' in Baotou production (L. Larsson jr, Carpets from China Xinjiang & Tibet, London 1988,
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Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 119
Carpet
China, Baotou, 20th century
Blue ground, decorated with cranes and deers.
The motif of the deer and the crane is a 'classic' in Baotou production (L. Larsson jr, Carpets from China Xinjiang & Tibet, London 1988, p. 71, fig. 72 for a similar example dated to the end of the 19th century).
52.8 x 27.6
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Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 225
Lot 120
Carpet
China, 20th century
Ochre ground and polychrome decoration of a wise man riding a mule crossing a bridge together with his attendant, above a rock, a flowering branch and clouds.
74.8 x 37.4 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 350
Lot 121
Rank badge
China, Qing dynasty, 19th century
Silk embroidered with polychrome threads, featuring a goose perched on a rock emerging from sea waves, its beak pointing to the sun, intended for a civil official.
For a series of similar rank badges in the Musée d'ethnographie de Genève, see Sous la griffe du Dragon.
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Starting price: € 200
Lot 122
Baluster vase
China, Qing dynasty, 19th century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels, the body with a scene with some figures on a veranda assisting to a sword fight between two deities on clouds, section towards the base, shoulder and neck with floral motifs reserved on a geometric ground.
17.7 x 7.9 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 550
Lot 123
Baluster vase
China, Qing dynasty, 19th century
Porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration, the body with a landscape scene crowded with soldiers and deities, some riding mythological animals, the areas towards the base, shoulder and neck with bands of geometric motifs and stylised leaves and flowers.
18.1 x 7.9 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 550
Lot 124
Erotic group
China, 20th century
Glazed and painted porcelain.
4.7 x 6.9 x 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 125
PAIR of small vases
China, 20th century
Fine porcelain painted with polychrome enamels with a decoration of a cat amidst flowers, rocks and an inscription with seals, apocryphal Qianlong mark to the centre of the base.
4.9 x 2.8 in.
Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 1.200
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