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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
97	A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE probably 19th century, carved to the front with a squirrel in a tree and a flying bat, 7.5cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£50 - £100	£80	View
98	A CHINESE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE 18th/19th century, the white nephrite body carved all over with a basket weave pattern, narrow rope twist borders around the shoulders and foot, 6cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£100 - £200	£380	View
99	A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, the pear shaped body suffused with 'moss' type striations, 7cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£30 - £60	£60	View
100	A CHINESE JADE CICADA FORM SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, the spinach green body carved in the form of the insect, 7cm high overall Provenance: Galerie Zacke, Vienna. The Dick Hardy Collection.	£40 - £80	£80	View
101	A CHINESE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE bearing a four character Daoguang seal mark to the base, painted with a cricket on both front and reverse, 6.5cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£50 - £100	£1,300	View
102	A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, both sides finely carved with archaic dragons, mask and ring handles to the shoulders, 7.5cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£30 - £60	£60	View
103	A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE probably early 19th century, the rectangular body carved to one side with four archaic characters, 6.5cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£30 - £60	£140	View
104	A CHINESE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE 18th century, of flattened circular form, 6cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£30 - £60	£320	View
105	A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, of spade shape with pale natural inclusions, 6cm high overall; together with another similar, 6cm high overall (2) The Dick Hardy Collection.	£40 - £80	£70	View
106	A CHINESE AMETHYST SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, with a carved dragon to the front and phoenix to the reverse, 6.5cm high overall Provenance: By repute, from the collection of Mrs Anna Thompson Dodge, widow of Horace Dodge, the…	£30 - £60	£160	View
107	A CHINESE CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, carved around the bottle with figures and a horse under a pine tree, 6.5cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£80 - £150	£340	View
108	A CHINESE LAPIS LAZULI DOUBLE SNUFF BOTTLE 19th/20th century, of joined rectangular form, 5.5cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£30 - £60	£120	View
109	A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE likely 18th/19th century, black inclusions to the front carved into a figure, 6cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£50 - £100	£400	View
110	A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, the ochre skin to the front carved with two boys seated on a cushion, a bat flying overhead, a natural striation to the reverse, 6cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£30 - £60	£200	View
111	A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE probably 19th century, the ochre skin to the front carved in high relief with a squirrel and peanuts, 7.5cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£30 - £60	£160	View
112	A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, the light brown agate with continuous white band, carved mask and ring handles to the shoulders, 5.5cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£30 - £60	£120	View
113	A CHINESE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE 18th/19th century, the white opaque body with a carved foot rim, 7cm high overall;together with another similar of larger proportions with handles to the shoulders, 7cm high overall (2) The Dick…	£40 - £80	£70	View
114	A CHINESE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE 19th/20th century, of pear shaped form, the coloured glass carved with fish amongst reeds, 7.5cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£30 - £60	£200	View
115	A CHINESE SHAGREEN SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, the shield shaped bottle with sharkskin coating, 5.5cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£100 - £200	£140	View
116	A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 18th/19th century, of square form with rounded shoulders, featuring a continuous white band to the centre, 6.5cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£30 - £60	£90	View
117	A CHINESE STONE SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, carved with an old coin motif to the front and reverse, with archaic script to the shoulders, 6.6cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£40 - £80	£70	View
118	A CHINESE 'MACARONI' AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 18th/19th century, of flattened form with light blue inclusions in the pale brown body, with carved lion mask and hoop handles to the shoulders, 7.5cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£100 - £200	£100	View
119	A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE likely 18th/19th century, with green 'seaweed' dendritic inclusions, 7.5cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£100 - £200	£220	View
120	A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE likely 18th/19th century, with a large banded inclusion to the front and carved lion mask and hoop handles to the shoulders, 6cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£30 - £60	£70	View

Total lots: 193

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