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 171
WATANABE SEITEI ATTRIBUITO 1852-1918
Birds amidst herbs Meiji period
Ink and colors on paper, in the format of a vertical hanging scroll (kakemono), depicting a composition of birds among stylized grasses, signature and seal in the lower right corner.
52.56 x 18.11 in.
Watanabe Seitei was one of the protagonists of Japanese painting
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Starting price: € 500
Lot 172
Armor
Japan, 19th century
Lacquered leather, metal, silk, incomplete, with helmet, breastplate, arm and thigh guards, and shin protection, the back of the breastplate with two gilt characters within a round medallion.
Minor defects.
34.3 x 27.6 x 23.6 in.
Starting price: € 1.500
Lot 173
Pair of stirrups, abumi
Japan, Edo period
Bronze, the front with a raised floral coat of arms (kamon), the inside with red lacquer.
Minor defects.
10.2 x 11.4 x 5.1 in.
Starting price: € 500
Lot 174
ATTRIBUITO A KANO YASUNOBU 1613-1685
Chinese-style landscapes Edo period
Six-panel screen painted in ink on paper.
67.72 x 146.46 in.
Yasunobu was a leading exponent of the Kano school in the 17th century. He was, among other things, the master of Ogata Korin (1658-1716), the author of section of the painted decoration of Nijo Castle in Edo,
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Starting price: € 1.200
Lot 175
Buddhist lion
Japan, 19th century
Porcelain, the mythological animal seated, its left forepaw resting on the ball, wooden base.
Restorations.
18.1 x 13.8 x 9.8 in.
Starting price: € 600
Lot 176
VASE
Korea, 20th century
Ceramic with celadon glaze, the shoulder with a kintsugi gilt lacquer restoration
13.4 x 8.7 in.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 177
Large bowl
Japan, Meiji period
Imari-type porcelain, painted with polychrome enamels and gold with floral arabesques and mythological animals, the rim of the mouth with a bronze mount of European manufacture with two dragon-shaped handles.
9.8 x 16.9 x 12.6 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 178
DISH
Japan, 20th century
Nabeshima-type porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration of auspicious objects, to the center the character kotobuki ("longevity")
3.5 x 12.2 in.
Starting price: € 150
Lot 179
Vase
Japan, Meiji period
Cloisonné enamelled metal, the base with "Pure silver" mark, red ground, one side with a polychrome decoration of chrysanthemum and plum flowers, the other side with a ton-sur-ton bamboo..
12.2 x 7.9 in.
Starting price: € 1.000
Lot 180
Large okimono
Japan, Meiji period
Bronze, depicting a composition with a fisherman holding a basket over his left shoulder, alongside a child holding a basket full of fish, signed Kuniya Kuniaru to the base.
27.6 x 23.6 x 9.8 in.
Kuniya Kuniaru was one of the most gifted sculptors of the Meiji period.
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Starting price: € 1.500