37 37. THE CORONATION PORTRAIT OF “RANJI” - Colonel H.H. Shri Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji, Maharaja Jam Saheb of Nawanagar K.C.S.I. in his coronation robes and jewellery, three-quarter length seated in a gilded throne chair with lion finial arms. Ranji wears a cream silk diamond-buttoned sherwani tunic with a pattern of gold and green flowers. He holds a jewelled sword tulwar (the traditional Rajput weapon), a diamond peacock sarpech in his gold and green turban. He wears a three-strand pearl necklace and a double-strand graduated emerald necklace, a seven-strand pearl sash with emerald dividers and a heavy pearl tassle. Oil on board, Nawanagar, 1907 , 48.5 x 38cm. The portrait is by K.S. Ranjitsinhji, 1872 - 1933.����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������$5,000–7,500 38 ex 39 38. “THE M.S.D. CRICKET LIST Season 1907-8” issued by The Melbourne Sports Depot, 55-57 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne; a 32 page price list of bats, balls, caps, wickets, bails, protectors and guards, gloves, bags, scoring books, wearing apparel, nets, boots, shoes and sundries. Other sporting equipment is also listed (and illustrated) as are previous Test Match results and other cricket facts and figures, fixtures and The Laws of Cricket. Provenance: The Kevin O’Dowd Collection.��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� $200–300 39. RANJITSINHJI, CRICKETER & INDIAN PRINCE A collection of five greeting cards, each headed with the gilt-embossed crest of Ranjitsinhji, Maharaja of Nawanagar (in present-day Gujarat); each with coloured etching view of one of Ranjitsinhji’s palaces or homes in England; the interiors blank in each case. 20.5 x 16.5. (5 items). Provenance: The Nawanagar Palace Museum Collection.����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� $400–500 11