Six portraits on ivory, depicting Maharajah Ranjit Singh, Maharajah Sher...
Six portraits on ivory, depicting Maharajah Ranjit Singh, Maharajah Sher Singh, and consorts of Mughal emperors
Delhi or Agra, circa 1860
gouache and gold on ivory, ovals, on velvet mount, framed together, the largest 60 mm. high, the smallest 25 mm. high, frame 140 x 190 mm.; and a small portrait on ivory depicting a warrior, North India, late 18th/19th Century, gouache and gold on ivory, oval, in contemporary oval frame, label verso with indistinct English identifying inscription Akbar...[?]
painting 40 mm. high; frame 75 mm. high(2)
Provenance
Private UK collection: collected by the seller's father and in their family for at least 50 years.
The ivory within this lot has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (Section 10), reference no. CDTFNVVB and N3392R5W.
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Six portraits on ivory, depicting Maharajah Ranjit Singh, Maharajah Sher Singh, and consorts of Mughal emperors
Delhi or Agra, circa 1860
gouache and gold on ivory, ovals, on velvet mount, framed together, the largest 60 mm. high, the smallest 25 mm. high, frame 140 x 190 mm.; and a small portrait on ivory depicting a warrior, North India, late 18th/19th Century, gouache and gold on ivory, oval, in contemporary oval frame, label verso with indistinct English identifying inscription Akbar...[?]
painting 40 mm. high; frame 75 mm. high(2)
Provenance
Private UK collection: collected by the seller's father and in their family for at least 50 years.
The ivory within this lot has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (Section 10), reference no. CDTFNVVB and N3392R5W.
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