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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
1	A CHINESE SHADOW AGATE 'HEHE ERXIAN' SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, carved to one side with the immortals of Harmony and Union, bearing character mark to the shoulder, 7cm high overall Provenance: Bonhams, Asian Art, 6th November 2017, Lot 85. The…	£50 - £100	£110	View
2	A CHINESE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, the white and russet stone carved with an ox and rider to one side and a kneeling figure the other, 6.5cm high overall Provenance: Bonhams, Asian Art, 6th November 2017, Lot 85. The…	£50 - £100	£160	View
3	A CHINESE GREEN AND PINK OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, the overlay depicting a pond scene of ducks and lily pads, 7.5cm high overall Provenance: Bonhams, Asian Art, 6th November 2017, Lot 85. The Dick Hardy Collection.	£50 - £100	£420	View
4	A CHINESE PALE GREEN JADE SNUFF BOTTLE Qing Dynasty, carved and incised with lotuses and ‘shou’ symbols, 9cm high overall Provenance: Bonhams, Asian Art, 6th November 2017, Lot 47. The Dick Hardy Collection.	£200 - £400	£700	View
5	A CHINESE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE Daoguang seal mark and period, decorated in red enamel with a central Shou symbol amongst clouds and bats, 6.5cm overall Provenance: Bonhams, Asian Art, 5th November, 2018, Lot 85. The Dick Hardy…	£200 - £400	£240	View
6	A CHINESE AMBER SNUFF BOTTLE Qing Dynasty, carved to one side with an elderly scholar guided by his boy attendant below a gnarled pine tree, the reverse with a lady dressed in long flowing robes and billowing ribbons holding a…	£100 - £200	£1,400	View
7	A CHINESE SHADOW AGATE 'MAGPIES' SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, the inclusions to one side carved to suggest two magpies perched on a leafy branch with the sun overhead, animal mask and ring handles to each side, 6.5cm high overall Provenance:…	£200 - £400	£800	View
8	A CHINESE JADEITE SNUFF BOTTLE late 18th/19th century, of rectangular shape with faceted neck and raised foot, 6.5cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£40 - £80	£320	View
9	A CHINESE JADEITE 'PINE NEEDLES IN THE SNOW' SNUFF BOTTLE circa 1780-1850, the predominantly white stone with multiple green splashes, 6.5cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£50 - £100	£400	View
10	A CHINESE JADEITE SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, carved on one side with birds amongst foliage, 6cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£40 - £80	£50	View
11	A CHINESE LAVENDER JADEITE SNUFF BOTTLE 18th/19th century, one side with a small incised detail, 5cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£40 - £80	£90	View
12	A CHINESE JADEITE SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, carved to one side with a flying bat carrying a string of coins, the other with a mythical creature, 7cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£40 - £80	£90	View
13	A CHINESE JADEITE SNUFF BOTTLE late 19th century, the apple green and lavender stone carved to one side with two confronting fish and a line of ascending bubbles, 6.5cm high overall Provenance: Bonhams, Fine Asian Works of Art,…	£50 - £100	£300	View
14	A CHINESE JADEITE SNUFF BOTTLE 18th/19th century, of rounded form, 6.5cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£40 - £80	£850	View
15	A CHINESE JADEITE SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, carved to one side with a figure in a boat beneath a pine tree, 6.5cm high The Dick Hardy Collection.	£40 - £80	£150	View
16	A CHINESE JADEITE SNUFF BOTTLE 18th/19th century, of spade shape, 5cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£50 - £100	£460	View
17	A CHINESE JADEITE 'GOURD' SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, carved in low relief with flowers and foliage, 5.5cm long overall Provenance: Ex. Hong Kong Private Collection. The Dick Hardy Collection.	£40 - £80	£260	View
18	A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 18th/19th century, of square form with a foo dog and bat carved to the front, 6cm overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£50 - £100	£240	View
19	A CHINESE 'PUDDINGSTONE' SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, of bulbus form, 5cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£40 - £80	£300	View
20	A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, of bulbous form with dendritic markings, 6.5cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£100 - £200	£130	View
21	A CHINESE DENDRITIC AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 19th century, with black dendritic inclusion to the front, 5.5cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£100 - £200	£320	View
22	A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE early 19th century, carved to the front with a stag and a bird underneath a pine tree, the reverse with a monkey waving a stick at a wasp, 8.5cm high overall Provenance: Y.F. Yang & Co., 1980. …	£100 - £200	£420	View
23	A CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE 18th/19th century, the brown agate with blue dendritic inclusions and carved masks and rings to the shoulders, 6.5cm high overall The Dick Hardy Collection.	£30 - £60	£300	View
24	A CHINESE JASPER SNUFF BOTTLE early 19th century, the yellow ochre skin carved to one side with a horse tethered to a post, with a carved coral stopper in the form of a sleeping lion dog, 9cm high Provenance: Y.F. Yang & Co.…	£100 - £200	£900	View

Total lots: 193

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