ID 727161
Lot 98 | THE AMRITSAR MUNICIPAL COMMITTEE
Estimate value
£ 60 000 – 80 000
BISHAN SINGH (1836 – CIRCA 1900), PROBABLY AMRITSAR, NORTH INDIA, 1920 VS/1863-64 AD
Gouache highlighted with gold on paper, attribution and date in nasta’liq below, with a later English caption beneath
19 x 30 3⁄8in. (48.2 x 77.3cm.)
Literature
W.G. Archer, Paintings of the Sikhs, London 1966, pp. 59-61, 92.
B. H. Baden-Powell, Handbook of the Manufactures and Arts of the Punjab, Vol I, Lahore 1872, p.354.
Exhibited
Punjab Exhibition of Arts and Industry, Lahore, 1864
Special notice
These lots have been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
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