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 201
Eighteen drawings
Japan, 19th century
Ink on paper, some with the addition of polychrome touches, some sketches intended for woodcut printing.
11.5 x 7.9 in. the largest
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 125
Lot 202
KEISAI EISEN
Iwamurata (岩村田) 1835-1838
Large-format polychrome woodblock print (oban), from the series 木曾道中 (Kiso dochu, "The Kisokaido Road"), unsigned.
A similar example is in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (inv. 21.4813).
9.92 x 14.17 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 203
KITAGAWA UTAMARO 1753-1806
Courtesans Imitating a Court Procession Edo period, 1806
Large format diptych of woodblock prints (oban).
Central and right sheets of a triptych.
A complete set is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (inv. JP150).
Measures refer to only a sheet.
14.57 x 10.04 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 204
KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI 1760-1849
The Great Wave late 20th century
Woodblock print reproduction of Hokusai's famous masterpiece, wooden frame and protective glass.
Measures include frame.
13.90 x 19.09 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 275
Lot 205
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE II 1826-1869
Parrot and camellia periodo Edo, 1857-1858
Polychrome woodblock print in narrow format (hosoban).
12.76 x 4.33 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 125
Lot 206
KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI 1760-1849
Numazu; Yui; Hakone; Shimada; Kanbara Edo period, circa 1804
Five small-format polychrome woodblock prints (koban), from an untitled series dedicated to the "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido."
5.12 x 6.89 in. the largest
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Starting price: € 500
Lot 207
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE 1797-1858
The Suruga District in Edo (Toto Suruga-cho) periodo Edo, 1858
Large format polychrome woodblock print (oban), from the series “Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji” (Fuji sanjurokkei), publisher Tsutaya Kichizō).
Specimens of this famous prints are in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, in the British Museum in Londra and in the
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Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 208
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE 1797-1858
Okitsu (興津) Edo period, 1832
Large-format polychrome woodblock print (oban) from the series “Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido”.
9.37 x 13.78 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 209
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE 1797-1858
Kanda Myojin temple (神田明神) 1854
Large-format polychrome woodblock print (oban) from the series “Famous Places of Edo (Edo Meisho).
9.65 x 14.49 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 210
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE 1797-1858
Arai (荒井) 1832
Large-format polychrome woodblock print (oban) from the series “Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido”.
9.49 x 13.86 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 211
TOYOTA HOKKEI 1780-1850
Kintaro referees a match between rooster and Tengu Edo period, circa 1827
Polychrome woodblock print in the format of a surimono.
Probably a later reprint.
8.27 x 7.01 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 125
Lot 212
TOYOTA HOKKEI 1780-1850
The mountain Woman: Yamauba Edo period, 1827 circa
Polychrome woodblock print in the format of a surimono.
Probably a later reprint.
8.35 x 7.20 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 213
Photo album
Japan, Meiji period, circa 1870
Wooden cover, the front lacquered, gilded, silvered and with inlays, depicting an elegant scene with three geese flying over a stream with the moon at the top right, the back lacquered and gilded with a lotus flower and
Starting price: € 2.000 | Sold for : € 2.000
Lot 214
Pair of baluster vases
China, 20th century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels, quadrilobed section, decoration of flowers, fruits, rocks and birds, apocryphal Kangxi mark to the centre of the base of both.
18.9 x 7.9 x 7.9 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 215
Figure riding a mythological animal
China, 20th century
Glazed ceramic.
Restorations and defects.
23.6 x 7.1 x 23.6 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 216
Two figures
China, 20th century
Glazed ceramic, Ming style.
Restorations.
The highest one 14.2 x 5.3 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 225
Lot 217
Five tiles
China, 20th century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels, different shapes, three with landscapes, one with a composition of flowers and birds, one with fishes, four with inscription and seal.
3.9 x 9 in. the largest
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 218
Cachepot
China, 20th century
Glazed ceramic, decorated with dragons.
Defects.
22.8 x 20.1 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 219
Vase
China, 20th century
Porcelain with a rich floral decoration in polychrome enamels on a black ground, apocryphal Qianlong mark to the centre of the base.
13.4 x 9.8 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 220
VASE
China, 20th century
Porcelain with 'millefleurs' polychrome enamels decoration, apocryphal Qianlong mark to the center of the base.
11.4 x 5.9 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 550
Lot 221
Balauster vase
China, 20th century
Porcelain with red decoration of Buddhist lions and inscriptions, lion-head handles.
16.9 x 8.3 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 222
Vase
China, 20th century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels, square section, on each side a figure of a lohan with inscription and seal, mark to the centre of the base.
10.6 x 4.7 x 4.7 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 223
Small dish
Cina, 20th century
Porcelain with polychrom enamel and gold decoration, the centre with a medallion with a shou character and bats, enclosed by two dragons flying amidst clouds and darts and a geometric border, apocryphal Guangxu mark to the centre of the
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 224
Basin
China, 20th century
Porcelain covered with red 'sang de boeuf' glaze, handles modelled as lion's heads with a ring between the jaws, apocryphal Yongzheng mark to the centre of the base.
5.5 x 10.6 x 9.1 in.
Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 225
Stem cup
China, 20th century
'Blue and white' porcelain, Ming style dragon decoration.
3.5 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 226
Pair of bowls
China, 20th century
Porcelain with blue dragon decoration, apocryphal Kangxi mark to the centre of the base of both.
1.9 x 5.2 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 227
Bowl
China, 20th century
'Blue and white' porcelain with floral decoration, Yuan dynasty style.
3 x 5.9 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 228
Small vase
China, 20th century
Porcelain with 'sang de boeuf' glaze.
6.1 x 2.4 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 229
Small stem cup
China, 20th century
Porcelain with qingbai glaze, relief decoration of floral motifs.
3.7 x 3.1 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 175
Lot 230
Bottle vase
China, 19th-20th Century
Porcelain, the exterior covered with a céladon glaze over a lightly carved floral decoration.
11.4 x 5.9 x 5.9 in.
Starting price: € 150
Lot 231
Small bowl
China, 20th century
'Blue and white' porcelain, the exterior of the wall with branches with fruits, apocryphal Yongzheng mark to the center of the base.
1.4 x 2.8 in.
Starting price: € 250
Lot 232
TWO buddhist groups
China, 20th century
Porcelain with three-color glaze (sancai), each with the Buddha and two disciples, on the reverse a flaming halo.
8.1 x 4.3 x 2.8 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 233
Two dishes
China, Qing dynasty, 18th Century
Porcelain painted in underglazed cobalt blue,with flowers decoration.
8.9 in. diameter
Starting price: € 50 | Sold for : € 50
Lot 234
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.
9.2 in. diameter
Starting price: € 50
Lot 235
Vase
China, Qing dynasty, mid 18th Century
Porcelain painted with ‘Famille Rose’ enamels with a floral decoration.
Difetti.
7.7 x 3.8 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 125
Lot 236
Vase
China, 20th century
'Blue and white' porcelain, floral decoration.
20.3 x 7.9 x 7.9 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 237
Two dishes
China, 20th century
Porcelain with polychrome enamelled decoration.
1 x 9.1 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 238
Group of figures
China, 20th Century
Porcelain decorated with polychrome enamels, an example of a production for propaganda purposes from the Maoist period.
Minor defects.
13.2 x 8.7 x 7.1 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 239
Pair of vases
China, 20th century
'Blue and white' porcelain, decoration of flowering plum branches.
9.8 x 4.3 x 4.3 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 240
Large cachepot Europe, 20th century
'Blue and white' porcelain, the exterior of the wall with a Chinoiserie landscape, the rim of the mouth and the base underlined by a bronze mount, bronze goat-head handles.
19.49 x 23.62 x 19.68 in.
Starting price: € 800
Lot 241
Pair of bottle vases
China, 20th-21st century
Porcelain painted in monochrome with a pink-purple enamel with a refined decoration of birds and flowering branches, apocryphal Yongzxheng mark to the centre of the base of both, wooden bases.
15 x 8.3 in.
Starting price: € 500
Lot 242
STEM CUP
China, 20th century
Porcelain with yellow ground and incised green enamel decoration of dragons, apocryphal Zhengde mark inside the stem,
3.7 x 5.9 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 243
Large basin and tray
China, 19th century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels and gold of the Canton type, decorations of figures, flowers, fruit and butterflies.
4.7 x 15.7 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 244
Stem bowl
China, 20th century
Porcelain with blue glaze on the exterior, enriched with a decoration of fruits, a geometric frieze and stylised leaves in gold, Guangxu mark to the centre of the base.
4.9 x 6.3 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 245
Vase
China, 20th century
Porcelain, celadon ground with polychrome and gold enamel decoration of flowers and birds, apocryphal Tongzhi mark to the centre of the base.
4.3 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 246
Vase
China, 20th century
Porcelain painted in underglaze blue and copper red with archaic-style decorations, apocryphal Jiajing mark to the centre of the base.
10.2 x 7.1 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 247
Baluster vase, gu
China, Transitional style
Porcelain painted with wucai type polychrome enamels with a decoration of flowers, fruits and birds.
15 x 7.3 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 350
Lot 248
Mug
China, Qing dynasty, second half of the 18th century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels, decorated with floral and bird compositions and figures within cartouches, the handle modeled as a dragon.
The handle restored.
5.3 x 6.7 x 4 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 249
Two large dishes
China, 20th century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels, the centre with a composition of figures in a landscape with pavilions, enclosed within a border with floral motifs and lobed cartouches with landscapes.
2.6 x 14.8 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 650
Lot 250
Large dish
China, 20th century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels, decoration of a lake landscape with mountain peaks, pavilions, boats and small figures, mark to the centre of the base.
2 x 15.7 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100