Sikh Art Watch – Update – Items Recently Auctioned at Bonhams – Oct 09
September 20th, 2009 | Published in Sikh Art Watch | 1 Comment
Oct.8 2009 – Islamic & Indian Art, at Bonhams – New Bond Street

Lot# 290
Estimate:£150-300
Measurements: 245 x 195mm
Sold!:Sold for £192
Portrait of H.H. The Raja of Faridkot, platinum print, mounted, photographer's printed caption and decorative border, image 245 x 195mm., c.1900

Lot# 332
Estimate: £1,200 – 1,500
Measurements:250 x 170mm
Sold:Sold for £1,440
Sketch of Guru Angad seated while reading a prayer book, pencil and ink on paper, coloured in outline, devanagari header in ink, laid on modern paper, pencilled captions on verso [c.1870]

Lot# 333
Estimate: £900 – 1,200
Measurements:205 x 225mm
Sold:Sold for £1,080
Sketch of Guru Gobind Singh on horseback firing arrows from his bow, pencil and ink on paper, laid down on modern paper, pencilled captions on verso, unframed [c.1870]

Lot# 334
Estimate: £1,200 – 1,500
Measurements:250 x 170mm
Sold:Sold for £1,440
Sketch of Guru Arjan Dev seated on a balcony reading, pencil and ink on paper, coloured in outline, laid on modern paper, pencilled captions on verso [c.1870]

Lot# 336
Estimate: £600 – 800
Measurements:410 x 610mm
Sold:Sold for £720
Sikh Wars -
Martens (Henry) The Battle of Goojerat, on the 21st February 1849, hand-coloured aquatint by J. Harris after Marten, image ., R. Ackermann, 1850

Lot# 301
Estimate: £3,000 – 5,000
Measurements:137 x 183 mm
Sold:Sold for £3,360
A Sikh illustrated religious manuscript with four paintings of the Sikh Gurus
Lahore or Amritsar, mid-19th Century
gurmukhi manuscript on paper, 556 leaves, seven lines to the page written in black ink, ruled margins in orange, black and red, four miniatures in the Kashmir style, oblong format, staining and creasing, green cloth binding, worn
Sold for £3,360

Lot# 366
Estimate: £25,000 – £35,000
Measurements :The necklace 38 cm. diam.; Emeralds total weight approx. 50 ctSold:Sold for £55,200
An important emerald and seed-pearl Necklace from the Lahore Treasury, worn by Maharani Jindan Kaur (1817-63), wife of Ranjit Singh, the Lion of the Punjab (1780–1839)
Sold for £55,200

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