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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

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Lot	Title	Estimate	Hammer price
73	A CHINESE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE probably 19th century, the snowflake ground with dark blue overlay, circular panels to both sides painted with animals, 7.5cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£30 - £60	£20	View
74	A CHINESE QUARTZ SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, the pale body with a contrasting russet skin carved as a European man with a walking stick, 5.5cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£100 - £200	£120	View
75	A CHINESE 'SILHOUETTE' AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, of globular form with high shoulders, a figure carrying a fish carved into the contrasting skin, 5.5cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£150 - £300	£340	View
76	A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, of circular form with a horse under a pine tree carved to the front, a small seal to the upper right, the reverse etched with golden prose, 7cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£100 - £200	£160	View
77	A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, of rectangular form, carvings on dark inclusions depict a monkey reaching for lingzhi fungus and a bird in a pine tree, with a tourmaline stopper, 7.5cm tall overall The Dick Hardy…	£200 - £400	£750	View
78	A CHINESE 'SILHOUETTE' AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, the orange/brown skin to the front carved with two fishermen on a sampan, with a jasper stopper, 7cm tall overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£100 - £200	£400	View
79	A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 18th/19th century, of square form, carved in silhouette to the front with a monkey chasing flying insects, 6cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£80 - £150	£440	View
80	A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, of square form, with a bird carved into a black inclusion to the front, a mythical beast carved to the reverse, 7.5cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£50 - £100	£1,600	View
81	A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, the natural green inclusions forming a scene of a tree amongst hills, 6.5cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£30 - £60	£700	View
82	A CHINESE 'ROSE' QUARTZ SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, carved in the form of a foo dog, 6cm high overall Provenance: By repute, from the collection of Mrs Anna Thompson Dodge, widow of Horace Dodge, the Detroit automobile pioneer. The…	£30 - £60	£380	View
83	A CHINESE JADE CIRCADA SNUFF BOTTLE 18th/19th century, of symmetrical form, the even celadon jade incised with tapering wings, 8cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£40 - £80	£160	View
84	A CHINESE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, of flattened ovoid shape, with five colours overlaid on a white ground, decorated with blooming flowers and a butterfly, 8.5cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£40 - £80	£280	View
85	A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, carved to the front with two men, one harvesting, the reverse with pagodas in a mountainous landscape, 7cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£100 - £200	£100	View
86	A CHINESE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE probably early 18th century, the yellow-green nephrite body carved with a chilong, 7cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£100 - £200	£200	View
87	A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, with white striations to the red stone, carved mask and ring handles to the shoulder, 6.5cm high The Dick Hardy Collection.	£80 - £150	£100	View
88	A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, of large proportion, carved to the front with a scholar, a horse, and a boy riding a water buffalo, 9.5cm high overall Ivory Submission Reference: QFDCU8RV The Dick Hardy Collection.	£80 - £150	£180	View
89	A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, each side with 'thumbprint' concentric striations, 6cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£80 - £150	£70	View
90	A CHINESE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, the 'black' nephrite body carved to the front with an eagle perched on a rock, 6cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£100 - £200	£1,500	View
91	A CHINESE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE late 18th/early 19th century, the 'spinach green' nephrite carved to one side with a sage in a rocky landscape, the other with a stag and a bird under a pine tree, 7cm high overall The Dick Hardy…	£80 - £150	£70	View
92	A CHINESE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE 18th century, the yellow-green nephrite carved with goats in a rocky landscape, with an open work gilt metal collar and a coral stopper, 7cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£100 - £200	£450	View
93	A CHINESE MALACHITE SNUFF BOTTLE 19th/20th century, carved with geese and a crane in a rocky landscape with pine trees, 7cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£40 - £80	£60	View
94	A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, the green silhouette inclusion carved with a monkey swinging from a tree jumping for a suspended seal, 6cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£100 - £200	£320	View
95	A CHINESE CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, one side carved into the brown/orange skin with panels of vases of flowers, the other with conforming panels carved with characters, 6cm high overall Provenance: Robert Kleiner, ex…	£100 - £200	£110	View
96	A CHINESE AMBER SNUFF BOTTLE likely 18th/19th century, carved to the front with sages amongst pine trees, to the reverse with figures reaching for masks and hoops, 10cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£50 - £100	£380	View

Total lots: 193

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