Bust of Ismail Pasha, Khedive of Egypt

Details

CHARLES-HENRI-JOSEPH CORDIER (FRENCH, 1827-1905)
Bust of Ismail Pasha, Khedive of Egypt
signed and dated 'CORDIER / 1867', on an ebonised oak plinth
bronze, light brown patina
6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) high, the bust; 8 ¾ in. (22 cm.) high, overall
Cast circa 1867

Provenance

The Property of a Gentleman; Christie's, London, 17 March 2011, lot 269.

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Lot Essay

This finely-cast bronze bust is a reduction of the portrait for which Ismail Pasha, Khedive of Egypt (d. 1895), himself sat and which was executed by Charles Cordier (d. 1905) on his first visit to Cairo in 1866. The original life-size marble version of the portrait, is now in the collection of the Musée du Palais de Manial.

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