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

ENQUIRIES
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Lot 161

Netsuke
Japan, Meiji period
Ivory, depicting a child painting Hotei's prominent belly, signed Gyokuzan.
The lot has CITES certificate.
1.1 x 1.8 x 1.3 in.

Starting price: € 500

Lot 162

Netsuke
Japan, Meiji period
Carved wood, manju type, Daruma's face on one side, signature incised within a cartouche.
1.8 x 1.8 in.

Starting price: € 200

Lot 163

Netsuke
Japan, Edo period, 19th century
Ivory, depicting Daikoku with his sack of rice.
The lot has CITES certification.
1.4 x 1.3 x 0.8 in.

Starting price: € 450

Lot 164

Netsuke
Japan, 19th century
Carved wood, manju type, composition with dragon flying amidst waves and waves.
1.7 x 1.7 in.

Starting price: € 300

Lot 165

Netsuke
Japan, Edo period, early 19th century
Carved wood, depicting Shoki the demon queller, standing, with a small devil on his hat.
3.2 x 1.3 x 1 in.

Starting price: € 200

Lot 166

Netsuke
Japan, Meiji period
Ivory, depicting a snail.
​​​​​The lot has CITES certification.
1.5 x 0.9 x 1 in.

Starting price: € 700

Lot 167

Netsuke
Japan, Edo period, 18th century
Ivory, depictING a seated South Sea Islander, his left arm resting on a low table under which a child is hiding.
​​​​​The lot has CITES certification.
1.6 x 1.5 x 1.2 in.

Starting price: € 700

Lot 168

Netsuke
Japan, Edo period, 18th century
Ivory, depicting a rakan sitting on a rock, accompanied by a quadruped.
​​​​​The lot has CITES certification.
1.8 x 1.4 x 1 in.

Starting price: € 500

Lot 169

Painting
19th century, Japan
Vertical hanging scroll, painted in ink and colors on silk, silk frame, in a wooden case with protective glass.
49.6 x 20.1 in.
Depicting the famous episode conceived by the Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi (Soshi in Japanese), who recounted a dream in which he believed he read all

Starting price: € 150

Lot 170

Fan
Japan, 19th century
Ink and colors on paper, mounted as a vertical hanging scroll, depicting a man armed with swords, on the right inscription, signature and seal.
8.3 x 18.7 in.

Provenienza/Provenance
Sotheby's, 11 giugno 1993, lot 543 (etichetta).

Starting price: € 100

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