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The Dick Hardy Collection

Auction date Wednesday 27 November 2024 10:30 - 13:00 GMT

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Head of Sale:

William Batt

Auction:

Wednesday 27th November at 10.30am

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By appointment - Friday 22nd November 9.30am - 5pm

Monday 25th November 9.30am - 7pm

Tuesday 26th November 9.30am - 5pm

From 9am the day of the Auction

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Lot	Title	Estimate	Hammer price
49	A CHINESE AMBER SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, with bamboo and a rock carved in low relief to the front, 6cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£80 - £120	£600	View
50	A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, the brown and black inclusions to the front carved into a raven perched upon a branch, one side carved with four Chinese characters "yingxiong duli", 6cm high overall The Dick Hardy…	£150 - £300	£1,300	View
51	A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, carved to the front with a horse tethered to a post set in brickwork under a full moon, 7.5cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£400 - £800	£350	View
52	A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, a tethered horse carved in relief to the front, the coral stopper carved with a coiled dragon, 6cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£200 - £400	£320	View
53	A CHINESE JASPER SNUFF BOTTLE 18th/19th century, a tethered horse carved to the ochre skin, 6.5cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£300 - £500	£340	View
54	A CHINESE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE 18th/19th century, the green nephrite with small white cloudy inclusions, the brown skin carved with a fan-tailed gold fish, 7.5cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£100 - £200	£450	View
55	A CHINESE JADE 'MASTER OF THE ROCK' SNUFF BOTTLE 18th/19th century, the russet nephrite with a scholar and pupil carved to the front, 8cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£80 - £150	£450	View
56	A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 18th/19th century, the honey coloured body of bulbous form with rams carved to the front, 8cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£50 - £100	£140	View
57	A CHINESE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE bearing a Qianlong four character mark to base, painted with birds perched amongst a blossoming prunus, 8cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£50 - £100	£160	View
58	A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 18th/19th century, the pale brown body with black inclusions to the front and dendritic inclusions to the rear, 8cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£30 - £60	£750	View
59	A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, the pale blue body with a brown inclusion carved with a hawk perched on one foot, 7.5cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£100 - £200	£300	View
60	A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, the dark brown/black skin carved in high relief with a fisherman in a sampan, 7cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£150 - £250	£380	View
61	A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, carved to the front in the Suzhou style with a boy chasing a kylin, decorated throughout with rock work, clouds and pine trees, bearing a four character inscription to the reverse, 7cm…	£100 - £200	£180	View
62	A CHINESE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, the 'black' nephrite carved in Suzhou style with three sages in a landscape with bridges, rams, trees mountains and a stream, with lapis lazuli stopper, 6.5cm high overall The Dick…	£80 - £150	£450	View
63	A CHINESE CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE 18th/19th century, of square form with rounded shoulders, carved in the form of a lotus flower, 7cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£80 - £150	£100	View
64	A CHINESE SOAPSTONE SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, the russet skin to the front carved with a boatman punting in a mountainous landscape with pagodas, 7cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£30 - £60	£30	View
65	A CHINESE JADE 'PEBBLE' FORM SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, the 'black' nephrite moulded to a natural pebble shape, with a tapered coral stopper, 8.5cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£50 - £100	£700	View
66	A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, the 'moss' type agate carved with mask and ring handles to each side, 6.5cm high overall Ivory Submission Reference: ZSHQMVMS The Dick Hardy Collection.	£30 - £60	£60	View
67	A CHINESE SOAPSTONE SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, one side carved with a stag in a rocky landscape, the other with two vessels on stands, 7.5cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£30 - £60	£100	View
68	A CHINESE TURQUOISE SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, of small proportion and flattened form with two masked children carved to the front, with an ''official's hat'' shaped turquoise stopper, 5.5cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£30 - £60	£180	View
69	A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 18th/19th century, with natural dark inclusions to one side giving the appearance of a small bird perched, carved mask and ring handles to the shoulders, 7cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£30 - £60	£160	View
70	A CHINESE 'HAIR CRYSTAL' SNUFF BOTTLE 18th/19th century, the smoky body suffused with a mass of black tourmaline needles, each side carved with a butterfly, 7cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£80 - £150	£160	View
71	A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 18th/19th century, the grey 'silhouette' bottle carved to the front with monkeys and birds upon a tree, 7cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£150 - £300	£2,200	View
72	A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 18th/19th century, of ovoid shape with a white band encircling the body, finished with an organically carved green nephrite stopper, 7cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£40 - £80	£340	View

Total lots: 193

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