Asian Art I - 20th May 2015

Lot 43

A COLLECTION OF DRAWINGS

Estimate £4,000 - £6,000 | Hammer £3600

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Description

A COLLECTION OF DRAWINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS, STAMPS AND PERSONAL EFFECTS BELONGING TO SVEN HEDIN

EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Comprising: three drawings, one of an equestrian rider titled 'Tibetan on a Lively Horse, Peking, June 13.1933', another of a figure entitled 'A Beggar Lama with a Prayer Wheel', a third of three figures,a photograph of Sven Hedin dated 1935, a photograph of Queen Victoria, wife of Gustav V, a small pamphlet of his travels, an album containing seventeen photographs of Royal family members, a collection of envelopes with Chinese stamps, and further franked and unfranked stamps and postcards. (A lot)

Provenance: from the collection of Sven Hedin (1865-1952), and thence by descent.