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1932
Shan Princess in London
room United Kingdom
In 1932, Princess Sao Ohn Nyunt spent several weeks in London, accompanying her cousin and brother-in-law the Saopha (hereditary ruler) of Hsipaw, who was attending the Burma Roundtable Conference. At a reception she met the British portrait painter Gerald Kelly (1879-1972) who persuaded her to sit for a series of portraits. Sao Ohn Nyunt was the granddaughter of the Saopha of Hsipaw. She later married the son of the Saopha of Kyaington.