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 31
Two taoist immortals
China, Qing dynasty
Dehua porcelain ('blanc de chine'), the two deities depicted seated.
One restored.
8.5 x 3.7 x 2.8 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 32
Pair of cranes
China , Qing dynasty, 18th century
Porcelain, the two birds standing on a rock.
Minor defects.
8.5 x 3 x 2.2 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 33
Pair of Puxian on elephant
China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period
Dehua porcelain ('blanc de chine'), the two bodhisattvas of benevolence (Samantabhadra in Sanskrit) seated on the back of an elephant, which in turn is supported by a semicircular plinth decorated on the front
Starting price: € 400
Lot 34
Two large Guanyin
China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period
Dehua porcelain ('blanc de chine'), the standing deity holding a child, one with a floral decoration in red and black cold enamels applied in Europe, removable head, one with fragments of ancient collection inventory labels
Three Guanyin very similar to these are in
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Starting price: € 1.500
Lot 35
Large baluster vase with cover
China, Qing dynasty, mid 18th century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels of the 'Famille Rose', the body with a decoration of flowering vines and fences, the compressed lid surmounted by a handle modelled as a Buddhist lion.
29.5 x 11 in.
Starting price: € 3.000
Lot 36
Large punch bowl
China, Qing dynasty, third quarter of the 18th century
Porcelain painted with 'Famille Rose' polychrome enamels and widespread gold, the outside of the wall alternating compositions of flowers and birds with scenes with figures in the landscape, the inside with a delicate bouquet.
Similar large bowls are in the English
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Starting price: € 700
Lot 37
Pair of vases with lid
China, Qing dynasty, 18th century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels and gold, the body with an exuberant decoration of phoenixes flying amidst floral arabesques, the compressed lid surmounted by a pine cone handle, both adapted 'ab antiquo' as a fountain with the insertion in the lower area of
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Starting price: € 3.000
Lot 38
Pair of baluster vases
China, Qing dynasty, 19th century
Porcelain painted with polychrome enamels, decorated with figures in a landscape with pavilions, stylized handles.
One restored.
22.6 x 9.1 x 9.1 in.
Starting price: € 400
Lot 39
Pair of window grates
China, 20th century
Finely carved wood with floral and geometric motifs, two medallions with mythological animals at the bottom, metal accessories.
51.2 x 34.4 x 1.8 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 40
Carpet
China, Baotou , 20th century
Blue ground, decorated with a deer and a bird in the landscape.
The motif of the deer and the Manchurian crane, with its typical red crest, is a 'classic' in Baotou production (L. Larsson jr, Carpets from China Xinjiang & Tibet, London 1988, p. 71, fig. 72 for a similar
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Starting price: € 100