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

Portraits of raja, nawab and two sultans, 4 prints, 2 on albumen paper and 2 platinum-palladium, India, 19th-20th centuries:  
1 print on albumen paper showing a full-length portrait of Chandra Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, Prime Minister of Nepal, standing in an interior, leaning on a column, holding a sword, 26.5x20.5 cm (print). This Prime Minister was a Knight Grand Cross (GCB) of the Order of the Bath and wears its collar and mantle. He was also Knight Grand Commander (GCSI) of the Order of the Star of India and wears the collar and medal.
1 platinum-palladium print showing a portrait of the Maharaja of Kedah, decorated with medals, 29x24 cm. Note: the identification of this Maharaja has been made from handwritten notes on the back of the print 
1 platinum-palladium print showing a portrait of the Sultan of Kedah, decorated with medals, 29x23.5 cm. Note: the identification of this Sultan was made from handwritten notes on the back of the print 
1 albumen print showing a full-length portrait of the nawab of Dhaka, seated in an interior, holding a cane, number 16 (?) inscribed on the print, 26x21 cm (print). Provenance: Bonhams, London, 26 October 2007, lot no. 268. The print is dated to the 1870s

Lot 3899
Estimate
CHF 200 - 300
Adjudicated(excl. fees)
CHF 130

Description

Portraits of raja, nawab and two sultans, 4 prints, 2 on albumen paper and 2 platinum-palladium, India, 19th-20th centuries:  

1 print on albumen paper showing a full-length portrait of Chandra Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, Prime Minister of Nepal, standing in an interior, leaning on a column, holding a sword, 26.5x20.5 cm (print). This Prime Minister was a Knight Grand Cross (GCB) of the Order of the Bath and wears its collar and mantle. He was also Knight Grand Commander (GCSI) of the Order of the Star of India and wears the collar and medal.

1 platinum-palladium print showing a portrait of the Maharaja of Kedah, decorated with medals, 29x24 cm. Note: the identification of this Maharaja has been made from handwritten notes on the back of the print 

1 platinum-palladium print showing a portrait of the Sultan of Kedah, decorated with medals, 29x23.5 cm. Note: the identification of this Sultan was made from handwritten notes on the back of the print 

1 albumen print showing a full-length portrait of the nawab of Dhaka, seated in an interior, holding a cane, number 16 (?) inscribed on the print, 26x21 cm (print). Provenance: Bonhams, London, 26 October 2007, lot no. 268. The print is dated to the 1870s

Condition report

Chandra Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana: 
Tirage collé à un carton (dégâts sur le carton)
Quelques taches
Quelques petits manques à la surface
Quelques plis
A l'arrière: présence d'un autre tirage montrant un port, inscriptions "Jajaj Sai Prith VI, Nepal, Bahadur"

Maharaja de Kedah:
Quelques taches
Bords brunis
Quelques traces blanches, quelques traits rouges 

Sultan de Kedah:
Quelques traces blanches
Quelques taches
Quelques petits manques à la surface

Nawab de Dhaka: 
Tirage collé à un carton, lui-même scotché à un passe-partout
Quelques taches
Quelques rayures de surface

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