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 251
Carpet
China, 20th century
Ochre ground and polychrome decoration, the center with floral motifs, bats and objects, within two borders, one geometric and the outermost floral.
75.6 x 37.4 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 252
Carpet
China, early 20th century
The large central panel with a blue ground and floral decoration, enclosed within an ochre ground border with floral arabesques.
145.7 x 105.5 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 1.100
Lot 253
CARPET
China, 20th century
Blue and ochre ground, decoration with peacocks and peonies.
73.2 x 94.5 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 275
Lot 254
Carpet
China, 20th century
Ochre and blue ground, decoration of stylized dragons and clouds.
78.3 x 48.4 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 255
Carpet
China, 20th century
Blue and ochre ground, geometric decoration with many shou characters.
59.6 x 27.8 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 256
Carpet
China , 20th century
Polychrome decoration of geometric motifs and auspicious objects.
72.8 x 52.8 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 257
Carpet
China , 20th century
Blue ground and polychrome decoration of birds and tree.
51.6 x 30.3 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 250
Lot 258
Carpet China, 20th century
Ochre ground and polychrome decoration of deities in the landscape, border with stylised clouds and bats.
46.06 x 48.03 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 259
Small carpet
China, 19th-20th century
Red ground, the center with a composition of five dragons.
Difetti.
Probably an armchair seat carpet.
28.3 x 26.6 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 260
Carpet
China, 20th century
Salmon ground and polychrome decoration of stylised floral motifs.
112.2 x 74 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 261
Chest of drawers
China, 20th century
Lacquered and gilded wood, the upper part with four doors decorated with compositions with figures within frames, six drawers in the lower section, metal accessories.
68.7 x 52 x 21.7 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 225
Lot 262
Coffer
China, 20th century
Carved wood and metal accessories, three overlapping sections, the front of the upper and lower sections with floral motifs, the front of the central section with four compositions of figures in the landscape within square panels.
Minor defects.
43.7 x 30.3 x 19.7 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 550
Lot 263
Seated dignitary
China, 19th Century
Carved, lacquered and partially gilt-wood, the figure sitting in an armchair, the dress decorated with relief motifs, horsehair inserts for the moustache and hair.
Defects.
18.9 x 10.8 x 7.9 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 264
Tray
China, 20th century
Wood, lacquered scene with two figures to the bottom, the edge highlighted by a thin metal braid, four-character mark to the centre of the base.
2.6 x 13.4 x 13.4 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 265
Box with lid
China, 20th century
Carved wood, shaped as a book with a knotted ribbon.
Defects.
4.7 x 11 x 7.1 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 266
Four chairs
Europe, early 20th century
Wood carved with Chinese-style motifs, green silk upholstery with polychrome decoration of Chinoiserie-style landscapes.
35.4 x 16.3 x 15.7 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 267
Table
Europe, XX secolo
Wood carved with Chinese-style motifs.
29.1 x 51.4 x 27.6 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 425
Lot 268
Four armchairs
Europe, early 20th century
Wood carved with Chinese-style motifs, green silk upholstery with polychrome decoration of Chinoiserie-style landscapes.
36.8 x 28 x 22.4 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 1.200
Lot 269
Table screen
China, early 20th century
Painted stone within a wooden frame, one side with a scene with soldiers on horseback in a landscape, the other with an inscription, not pertinent wooden support.
20.3 x 15.7 x 5.5 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 175
Lot 270
Two elements of lantern
China, 20th century
Carved wood with movable and foldable elements.
Minor defects.
33.1 x 27.6 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 271
BOWL
China, 20th century
Porcelain, naturalistically shaped as a lotus flower.
4.5 x 8.5 x 7.9 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 272
Bowl with lid, saucer and spoon
China, mid-20th Century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels, yellow ground and a decoration of floral arabesques and auspicious characters (萬壽無疆, wan shou wu jiang, "boundless long life"), 江西景徳鎮 mark to the centre of the base of the bowl.
Bowl 2.4 x 4.1 x 4.1 in.
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Starting price: € 100
Lot 273
Baluster vase
China, 20th century
Porcelain with celadon glaze and cobalt blue decoration, the body with figures in the landscape, handles shaped as two lions facing each other.
24.4 x 9.4 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 225
Lot 274
Baluster vase
China, 20th century
Porcelain with celadon glaze and cobalt blue decoration, the body with Buddhist lions, handles shaped as two lions facing each other.
23.6 x 8.3 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 175
Lot 275
Incense burner
China, 19th-20th century
Glazed porcelain, standing on three small feet.
Small firing defects.
2.8 x 6.3 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 276
Figura
China, 19th-20th century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels.
7.5 x 3.9 x 2.8 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 277
Five small jars
China, 20th century
Cream-white glazed ceramic, ovoid shape.
5.5 x 3.9 in. the largest
Starting price: € 150
Lot 278
Pair of jars with cover
China, 20th century
Porcelain with celadon glaze and cobalt blue decoration, the body of both with children in a landscape, wooden lid.
13.8 x 7.9 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 279
Pair of bottle vases
China, 20th century
Porcelain covered with 'sang de boeuf' glaze, one with an apocryphal Guangxu mark, the other with apocryphal Tongzhi mark, both incised to the centre of the bottom, wooden bases.
16.5 x 9.1 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 275
Lot 280
Four teapots
China, 20th century
Yixing pottery, all with mark to the center of the base.
One with defects.
5.1 x 7 x 5.1 in. the largest
Starting price: € 300
Lot 281
Plaque
China, 20th century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels, erotic scene inspired by a painting by Qiu Ying (1494-1552), set in a garden, inscription and signature with seal in the upper left corner, carved wooden frame.
Measures including the frame.
19.7 x 15.4 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 282
Plaque
China, 20th century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels, erotic scene set in an interior, inscription and signature with seal at upper left, carved wooden frame.
Measurements include frame.
17.5 x 17.5 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 283
Plaque
China, 20th Century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels, erotic scene inspired by a painting by Qiu Ying (1494-1552), set in a garden, inscribed and signed with a seal in the upper right corner, carved wooden frame.
Measures including the frame.
19.7 x 15.4 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 284
Small bottle vase
China, 19th-20th century
Red glazed porcelain.
5.7 x 3.1 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 285
Large cachepot
China, 20th century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels, the outside with an exuberant decoration of mythological animals amidst the waves, the upper section with floral and geometric friezes, wooden base.
15.7 x 18.1 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 286
Vase with cover
China, 20th century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels of the 'Famille Verte', decoration of flowers and butterflies, the compressed lid with a pine cone finial, apocryphal Kangxi mark to the centre of the base.
15.7 x 9.1 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 287
Vase
China, 20th century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels, decoration of a female figure and bird in a landscape.
Handles missing.
22.4 x 8.3 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 125
Lot 288
Small jar
China, 20th century
'Blue and white' porcelain, hexagonal section, Yuan style floral decoration.
5.1 x 5.9 x 5.9 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 289
Cat
China, 20th century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels, together with a small porcelain modeled as a dog.
13 x 7.1 x 6.1 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 225
Lot 290
Two carvings
China , 20th century
A Budai in tiger's eye and a femal figure in rose quartz, glued wood base.
5.3 x 2 x 1.2 in. the highest
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 291
Two taoist immortals
China, 20th century
Soapstone.
9.6 x 3.7 x 3.1 in. the highest
Starting price: € 100
Lot 292
Three carvings
China , 20th century
Female figures, agate, green jade and amethyst, glued wooden bases.
7.3 x 4.7 x 2.8 in. the highest
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 350
Lot 293
Two large seals
China, 20th century
Carved soapstone, the upper part with Buddhist lions, the lower part with shrines with Taoist sages.
8.3 x 3.1 x 3.1 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 225
Lot 294
FIVE SMALL CARVINGS
China, 20th century
Jade.
2.2 x 0.8 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 295
CARVING
China, 20th century
White jade, depicting two standing children holding a flowering stem.
2.9 x 2 x 0.7 in.
Starting price: € 150
Lot 296
TWO PIPES
China, 20th century
Jadeite with metal mount, impressed mark to the base of both.
4.9 x 3.1 x 1.6 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 297
Two snuff bottles
China, 20th century
Jadeite, one with a light blue stopper.
2.2 x 1.3 x 0.4 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 298
TWO BRACELETS
China, 20th century
Jadeite
3.3 x 0.4 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 275
Lot 299
CARVING
China, 20th century
Green jade carved as a bird.
1 x 1.8 x 1.1 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 300
CARVING
China, 20th century
White jade, depicting a crouching deer, with lingzhi mushrooms on its back.
1.3 x 2.4 x 0.9 in.
Starting price: € 400