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 301
PENDANT
China, 20th century
Mottled green jadeite, four-character inscription on one side, a child with rickshaw on the other.
2.2 x 1.5 x 0.2 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 302
TWO CARVINGS
China, 20th century
Brown jade, both carved as containers with lids with archaic style bird shape, glued wooden bases.
4.9 x 4.3 x 2.4 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 303
SMALL DISH
China, 20th century
Lacquered wood with barbed rim, the center with a jade insert depicting a bird amidst flowers, enclosed within a circular band with floral motifs.
1 x 6.5 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 304
TWO SMALL PLAQUES
China, 20th century
Jade carved with floral motifs.
3.3 x 0.4 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 425
Lot 305
Five carvings
China, 20th century
Jade.
4.5 x 0.4 in. the largest
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 306
Standing Buddha
China, 20th century
Carved pale green jade, the deity standing on a double lotus flower base, behind him a flaming almond.
8.5 x 3.9 x 1.8 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 307
Two guanyin
China, 20th century
One in wood, the other in soapstone, on wooden base.
12.8 x 3.9 x 3.5 in. the largest
Starting price: € 100
Lot 308
Carp
China, 20th century
Green jade with inclusions, wooden base.
9.6 x 13.4 x 4.3 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 309
Lan Caihe
China, 20th century
Soapstone, the standing Taoist immortal holding a basket of flowers in his hands.
7.9 x 3.3 x 2.6 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 310
Female figure
China, 20th Century
Green jade, glued to the wooden base.
Measures including the base.
7.5 x 3.7 x 1.8 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 311
Incense burner with cover
China, 20th century
Green stone, the body supported by three feet, the lid with two small handles and a Buddhist lion as finial, wooden base.
6.5 x 6.1 x 3.7 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 313
Plaque
China, 20th century
Pale green jade, openwork decoration of a bird amidst vines.
2 x 2.8 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 250
Lot 314
Carving
China, 20th Century
Malachite, composition with two female figures amidst peony flowers.
9.6 x 6.1 x 3 in.
Starting price: € 500
Lot 315
Vase
China, 20th Century
Turquoise carved and decorated only on the front with peonies and a pair of bulbul, silver inlaid wooden base.
3.5 x 1.7 x 1.4 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 316
Four prints
China , 20th Century
Reproductions of Chinese painting masterpieces within wooden frames and protective glass.
Measures including the frame.
17.7 x 47.4 in. the largest
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 317
Landscape
China, 20th century
Vertical hanging scroll, print.
64 x 16.5 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 318
Landscape with figure
China, 20th century
Vertical hanging scroll, print.
52.8 x 20.1 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 319
Bamboo
China, 20th century
Vertical hanging scroll, print depicting bamboo, inscription and seal at the top left, from a Ming dynasty painting.
38.6 x 12.4 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 3.000
Lot 320
SNUFF BOTTLE
China, 20th century
Enamelled metal, shaped like two joined double gourds, the polychrome enamel decoration also features gourds and bats, apocryphal Qianlong mark to the center of the base.
3.3 x 2.6 x 1.4 in.
Starting price: € 150
Lot 321
Painting
China, 20th century
Ink and colours on paper, depicting a lakescape, inscription with signature and seal.
Defects.
14.6 x 23.2 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 322
Painting
China, 20th century
Ink and colors on paper, vertical hanging scroll, a lake landscape with rocks, trees and boats, inscription with seals at the top left, in the style of Fu Baoshi.
36.6 x 18.5 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 323
TWO PAINTINGS
China, 20th century
Reverse painted glass, each with wooden frame and metal fittings, one depicting the three Fulushou deities with a lady in a garden, the other with two children in a boat in a lotus pond.
23.6 x 17.1 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 225
Lot 324
SNUFF BOTTLE
China, 20th century
Painted reverse glass, one side with a composition of flowers in vases with an inscription and seal, the other with a scene of two hares in a landscape with a signature and seal.
3.7 x 2 x 1 in.
Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 250
Lot 325
TWO SNUFF BOTTLES
China, 20th century
One in polychrome enameled metal with European-inspired scenes with figures, the other in porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration of ladies and children in a landscape, both with apocryphal Qianlong mark to the base.
2.8 x 1.8 x 1
Starting price: € 200
Lot 326
SNUFF BOTTLE
China, 20th century
Polychrome enamel-painted metal with two versions of the Madonna and Child, apocryphal Qianlong mark to the center of the base.
2.6 x 1.4 x 1 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 327
SNUFF BOTTLE
China, 20th century
Polychrome enameled copper with European style decoration, apocryphal Qianlong mark to the center of the base.
3.1 x 0.8 in.
Starting price: € 150
Lot 328
Snuff bottle
China, 20th century
Painted reverse glass, decorated with landscapes.
2.8 x 1.4 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 100
Lot 329
Incense burner
China, 20th century
Bronze, the container supported by three feet, mark to the centre of the base.
2 x 4.5 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 2.400
Lot 330
Three bottle vases
China, 20th century
Enamelled metal, one with a yellow ground and a polychrome floral decoration with an apocryphal Qianlong mark to the center of the base; the pair with a white ground and a polychrome floral decoration.
Defects.
8 x 3.5 in. the
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 331
Vase
China, 20th Century
Metal with polychrome cloisonné enamel decoration, the two handles as a stylised dragon, the decoration with vegetal racemes and geometric bands.
9.4 x 5.5 x 5.5 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 332
Bottle vase
China, 20th century
Polychrome cloisonné enamelled metal, white ground with dragons, the neck with floral motifs.
12.6 x 7.5 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 333
Vase
China, 20th century
Metal with cloisonné polychrome enamelled decoration of dragons and geometric and floral motifs.
9.8 x 4.9 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 334
Panel
China , 20th Century
Embossed and painted in polychrome metal, depicting a dragon flying amidst clouds, darts, and sea waves, wooden frame and metal accessories.
Defects.
Measures including the frame.
19.7 x 18.3 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 335
Vaishravana
Tibet, 20th century
Gilt bronze, the God of Wealth cast wearing a full armour, seated in lalitasana on a lion, his left hand on mongoose, his right holding an umbrella, all above a lotus dais, the details finely carved and incised, traces of blue pigment.
1.3 x 1 x 0.4 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 425
Lot 336
Tripod incense burner with lid
China, 20th century
Partially gilded and polychrome champlevé enamelled metal, the body supported by three feet with animal heads and lion-headed handles with rings on the sides, decorated with dragons flying amidst clouds, the neck with a
Starting price: € 150
Lot 337
FIVE AMULETS
China, different eras
Metal.
2 in. the largest
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 1.300
Lot 338
BRUSHWASHER
China, 20th century
Bronze, the exterior wall with incised auspicious objects, the opening modeled as a yin-yang symbol.
1.6 x 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 339
Ruyi scepter
China, 20th century
Naturalistically carved wood.
12.6 x 2.4 x 2.2 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 340
Vessel and spoon
China, 20th century
Polychrome cloisonné enameled metal, the container decorated with dragons flying amidst clouds and darts over sea waves and lotus flowers, the spoon with a dragon's head handle.
The spoon with a restoration.
Measures refers to the vessel.
4.9 x 3.5 in.
Starting price: € 500
Lot 341
Ewer with lid
China, early 20th century
Pewter, octagonal section, modelled handle and spout, the lid with Buddhist lion finial, incised characters on the body.
7.1 x 3.1 x 6.1 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 342
PAIR OF BUDDHIST LIONS
China, 20th century
Bronze, the two mythological animals depicted in archaic style.
3.9 x 2.4 x 4.3 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 343
Bodhisattva Manjusri
China, 20th century
Bronze with reddish patina, the Buddhist deity seated on the back of a lion.
10 x 9.8 x 4.9 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 344
Inkstone
China, 20th century
Stone, on a side an inscription.
1.4 x 6.5 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 345
Vessell
China, 20th century
Stone, the four sides with incised inscriptions.
5.1 x 4.7 x 3.1 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 347
Bird
China (?), 19th-20th century
Bronze, a movable panel on the back.
10.6 x 17.7 x 5.1 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 348
BRUSH POT
China, 20th century
Wood with incised inscriptions.
4.7 x 4 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 349
Vessell
China, 20th century
Bronze, archaic style shape and decoration.
4.5 x 9.3 x 6.7 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 350
TRAVEL BRUSH HOLDER
China, 20th century
Carved wood, one side with a relief decoration of a figure of a sage and an inscription.
6.1 x 4.3 x 0.7 in.
Starting price: € 100