AN INSCRIBED SIKH STANDARD HEAD

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25.04.2024 10:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 112 | AN INSCRIBED SIKH STANDARD HEAD
AN INSCRIBED SIKH STANDARD HEAD

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





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Gurada ārā khālasā pātasāhī chevī ḍerā bhāī Guradāsa jī Kābala 'The valiant-adorning Empire of the Khalsa, sixth cantonment, brother Gurdas, Kabul'
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