VO Arts d'Orient et d'Extrême-Orient - Collection Minkoff - Art Premier - Mardi 6 décembre (lots 3801 à 4075)

Maharaja group portraits, a set of 5 silver prints, India, 19th-20th century, comprising: 
1 portrait of Ganga Singh, Maharaja of Bikaner, reviewing his troops, 19.5x14 cm (print, on view). Provenance: Bonhams, London, 13 October 2006, lot n°94. The print is dated 1930s
1 portrait showing several Maharajas at table, 29x23 cm (print)
1 portrait showing the Maharaja of Darbhanga with another man, in an interior, seated on an armchair and holding a cane, ovoid print, 28x23.5 cm. Note: the identification of this Maharaja was made from a handwritten note on the back of the print
1 portrait with three people, in an interior, right and left sides overexposed, 28.5x16 cm (print)
1 group portrait including Maharaja Sir Madho Rao, all standing in an interior, 27.5x33 cm (print). Inscription "Maharaja Sir Madho Rao dressed in Civilian clothes (Kulahadar Safa) and three friends", on the cardboard on which the print is glued (numerous damages and missing parts on the cardboard. Tears on the print)

Lot 3901
Estimate
CHF 200 - 300
Adjudicated(excl. fees)
CHF 650

Description

Maharaja group portraits, a set of 5 silver prints, India, 19th-20th century, comprising: 

1 portrait of Ganga Singh, Maharaja of Bikaner, reviewing his troops, 19.5x14 cm (print, on view). Provenance: Bonhams, London, 13 October 2006, lot n°94. The print is dated 1930s

1 portrait showing several Maharajas at table, 29x23 cm (print)

1 portrait showing the Maharaja of Darbhanga with another man, in an interior, seated on an armchair and holding a cane, ovoid print, 28x23.5 cm. Note: the identification of this Maharaja was made from a handwritten note on the back of the print

1 portrait with three people, in an interior, right and left sides overexposed, 28.5x16 cm (print)

1 group portrait including Maharaja Sir Madho Rao, all standing in an interior, 27.5x33 cm (print). Inscription "Maharaja Sir Madho Rao dressed in Civilian clothes (Kulahadar Safa) and three friends", on the cardboard on which the print is glued (numerous damages and missing parts on the cardboard. Tears on the print)

Condition report

Ganga Singh:
Tirage collé à un carton, lui-même scotché à un passe-partout
Quelques taches
Petits manques à la surface

Maharaja à table: 
Tirage collé à un carton
Quelques taches
Quelques rayures de surface

Maharaja de Darbhanga: 
Quelques taches

Trois personnes: 
Tirage collé sur un carton
Quelques taches
Quelques rayures de surface

Groupe avec le Maharaja Sir Madho Rao
Tirage collé à un carton
Nombreux dégâts et manques sur le carton: fragile 
Quelques taches
Quelques déchirures
Quelques rayures de surface
Quelques manques à la surface
Quelques traces blanches

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