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The Dick Hardy Collection

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

Head of Sale:

William Batt


Auction

Wednesday 27th November at 10.30am

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Lots per page:

Total lots: 193

Lot 145 Sold
A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
likely 18th/19th century, with white continuous banding, 9cm high overall

The Dick Hardy Collection.
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £30 - £60
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 146 Sold
A CHINESE GLASS INSIDE PAINTED SNUFF BOTTLE
by the Peach River Studio, one side with a panel of cranes, the other goldfish, both with inscriptions, 8cm high overall

The Dick Hardy Collection.
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £50 - £100
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 147 Sold
A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
likely 18th/19th century, of pear shaped form with banding to the agate, 6cm high overall; together with a similar agate snuff bottle, 5cm tall overall (2)

The Dick Hardy Collection.
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £30 - £60
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 148 Sold
A CHINESE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE
bearing a four character Qianlong mark to the base, the body decorated with roosters and plants, 8cm high overall; together with another similar, also bearing a four character Qianlong mark to the base, decorated with birds amongst flowering plants, 7.5cm high overall (2)

The Dick Hardy Collection.
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £50 - £100
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 149 Sold
A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
likely 18th/19th century, of organic form with dispersed black inclusions, 6cm high overall; together with a similar snuff bottle in the shape of a fish, 6cm high overall (2)

The Dick Hardy Collection.
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £30 - £60
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 150 Sold
A CHINESE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
19th century, with red overlay on a transparent circular body depicting a horse under a tree to the front and back, 8cm high overall; together with another with green overlay depicting a monkey and grape vine and a bird amongst a flowering prunus to the reverse, 6.5cm high overall; and another with purple and pink overlay depicting flowering plants in a basket, 6cm high overall (3)

The Dick Hardy Collection.
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £30 - £60
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 151 Sold
A CHINESE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE
20th century, in the form of a reclining lion dog, 7.5cm long overall

The Dick Hardy Collection.
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £20 - £40
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 152 Sold
A CHINESE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE
bearing four character mark to the base, 20th century, the body decorated with a kneeling figure and a dragon, inscribed to the shoulder, 10cm high overall

The Dick Hardy Collection.
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £30 - £60
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 153 Sold
A CHINESE SHADOW AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
19th century, of pebble form, carved with a scholar riding a donkey in a continuous figural scene, 6cm high overall

Provenance: Bonhams, Asian Art, 8th May, 2017, Lot 303.

The Dick Hardy Collection.
Hammer price: £460
Estimate: £200 - £400
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 154 Sold
A CHINESE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE
19th century, the yellow-glazed body moulded in high relief with nine lion dogs, 7cm high overall

The Dick Hardy Collection.
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £50 - £100
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 155 Sold
A CHINESE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
19th century, the pear shaped bottle with dark 'swirling' striations, 6cm high overall

The Dick Hardy Collection.
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £30 - £60
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 156 Sold
A CHINESE HORNBILL SNUFF BOTTLE
20th century, both sides carved in high relief with scholars under trees, mask and ring handles to the shoulders, 6.5cm high overall

The Dick Hardy Collection.
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £50 - £100
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 157 Sold
A CHINESE MOTHER OF PEARL SNUFF BOTTLE
bearing a four character Tongzhi mark to the base, the front and back with carved floral panels, 6cm high overall

The Dick Hardy Collection.
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £30 - £60
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 158 Sold
A CHINESE PORCELAIN BLUE AND WHITE SNUFF BOTTLE
bearing four character Qianlong mark to the base, decorated with two boys playing, 8.5cm high overall

The Dick Hardy Collection.
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £30 - £60
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 159 Sold
A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
likely 18th/19th century, of bulbous form with crystalline crazed pattern, 6cm high overall; together with another similar with a white inclusion to the centre, 7.5cm high overall (2)

The Dick Hardy Collection.
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £40 - £80
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 160 Sold
A CHINESE PORCELAIN BLUE AND WHITE SNUFF BOTTLE
probably 18th century, of meiping shape decorated with red flowers, 7.5cm high overall

The Dick Hardy Collection.
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £30 - £60
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 161 Sold
A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
likely 18th/19th century, with a green hue and flattened circular form, 6cm high overall; together with another of similar form, 5cm high overall (2)

The Dick Hardy Collection.
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £40 - £80
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 162 Sold
A CHINESE PORCELAIN BLUE AND WHITE SNUFF OR PILL BOTTLE
bearing an indistinct six character mark to the base, 19th century, with the 'one hundred children' design around the body, 8.5cm high overall

The Dick Hardy Collection.
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £30 - £60
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 163 Sold
A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
likely 18th/19th century, with carved opaque white skin depicting a scholar and boy, 6.5cm high overall

The Dick Hardy Collection.
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £40 - £80
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 164 Sold
A CHINESE PORCELAIN BLUE AND WHITE SNUFF BOTTLE
bearing a six character Xuantong mark to the base, decorated with a phoenix amongst flowers, clouds to the shoulders, 9.5cm overall

The Dick Hardy Collection.
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £80 - £150
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 165 Sold
A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
likely 18th/19th century, the pale skin carved with an old man and a boy, 6cm high

The Dick Hardy Collection.
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £40 - £80
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 166 Sold
A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
probably 19th century, the red skin carved with two horses, one prancing and one lying down, 7.5cm high overall

The Dick Hardy Collection.
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £50 - £100
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 167 Sold
A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
likely 18th/19th century, of flattened ovoid form, carved with a raised mythical beast and squirrel, 7cm high overall

The Dick Hardy Collection.
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £30 - £60
27 November 2024
27 November 2024
Lot 168 Sold
A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
probably 19th century, the grey body with concentric bands of pale striations, 6.5cm high overall

The Dick Hardy Collection.
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £30 - £60
27 November 2024
27 November 2024

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