ID 1178513
Lot 112 | AN INSCRIBED SIKH STANDARD HEAD
Estimate value
£ 4 000 – 6 000
PUNJAB, INDIA, 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY
The gilt-copper standard head in the form of a sword (khanda) with waisted sides rising to a central point, a central ridge running vertically on both sides, from the bottom extending an open cylinder, a curving line of punched gurmukhi on one side of the khanda near the top, flaking and losses to the gilding throughout
20 ½in. (52.2cm.) long
Inscribed
Gurada ārā khālasā pātasāhī chevī ḍerā bhāī Guradāsa jī Kābala 'The valiant-adorning Empire of the Khalsa, sixth cantonment, brother Gurdas, Kabul'
| Medium: | Gilding |
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| Place of origin: | India, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Medium: | Gilding |
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| Place of origin: | India, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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