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 531
Vase
Persia, 19th century
Ceramic painted in different shades of blue and turquoise with floral motifs within panels.
Defects.
9.4 x 6.3 in.
Starting price: € 500
Lot 532
Fabric
Ottoman Empire, 19th century
Black velvet ground with elaborate gold thread decoration.
116.1 x 66.1 in.
Starting price: € 2.000
Lot 533
Reliquary figure
Gabon, Kota, 20th century
Wood covered with copper plates and wire.
This type of artifact exemplifies the extraordinary modernity of African art, with its abstraction providing countless inspirations for 20th-century artists.
19.7 x 6.3 x 3.9 in.
Starting price: € 1.000
Lot 534
Headrest
Papa New Guinea, Sepik, 20th century
Carved and painted wood, with an ancestor's head on the front.
Restoration.
6.7 x 22.4 x 6.3 in.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 535
Large anthropomorphic fetish
Vanuatu Archipelago
Tree fern, modeled as a standing figure with hands toward the lap, the head characterized by large ovoid eyes.
Defects and missings.
81.5 x 14.2 x 11.4 in.
This type of sculpture is among the most typical and exciting typologies of the artistic production of the Vanuatu
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Starting price: € 500
Lot 536
Helmet mask
Nigeria, Yoruba
Carved and painted wood.
8.7 x 10.2 x 10.2 in.
Starting price: € 50
Lot 537
Colon figure
Nigeria, 20th Century
Painted wood, depicting a standing man dressed in European style, with a tie and bowler hat.
37.8 x 9.3 x 7.1 in.
Exemple of an iconographic typology that mixes local and European-colonial influences.
Starting price: € 100
Lot 538
Pair of heads
Nigeria, Beni, 20th century
Carved wood.
22.4 x 6.7 x 7.9 in.
Starting price: € 300
Lot 539
Door
Mali, Dogon, 20th century
Carved wood, the front decorated with figures and abstract motifs in accentuated relief.
20.1 x 17.3 in.
Starting price: € 150
Lot 540
Three masks
Africa and Brasil, 20th century
Wood and ceramic.
15.7 x 15.7 x 3.5 in. the largest
Starting price: € 300