



Lot 1202
Heyde no.2 size AN AUDIENCE WITH THE EMPEROR HAILE SELASSIE 39
15 – 16 November 2011, 13:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £3,250 inc. premium
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Heyde no.2 size AN AUDIENCE WITH THE EMPEROR HAILE SELASSIE
the Emperor seated in State on a podium under an umbrella, in an outdoor audience with four European Ambassadors, two seated in chairs, two Emperor's Bodyguards, four Ethiopian dignitaries, four tribesmen with umbrellas, five tribesmen of the royal guard, nine tribesmen with and without shields, five mounted tribesmen and two clumps of foliage, and three carpets (VG-G, carpets may not be part of the original set) 1936 (39)
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HISTORICAL NOTE
This set was originally created to depict the Abyssinian Emperor Menelik II (1889-1913), but given the date at which it was purchased, it is likely to refer to the Emperor Haile Selassie, ousted from his throne by the Italians in 1936.