By admin on November 29, 2009
Auctioneers will on December 9 auction heritage items belonging to Maharajah Duleep Singh
The first item under the hammer will be a velvet jacket that belonged to Maharajah Deleep Singh along with matching shoes described as ‘foliate decorated gold braid raised work on a crimson velvet ground’
These items remained the property of Maharajah Duleep Singh until [...]
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By Amandeep Madra on October 13, 2009
One of the most iconic symbols of Ranjit Singh’s kingdom is the golden throne, now safely housed in London’s V&A museum. It is on permanent display on the museum and arguably is one of their most important objects. Over the next few months the Golden Throne will form part of the dazzling Maharaja exhibition that [...]
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By admin on October 13, 2009
Maharaja: The Splendour of India’s Royal Courts, 10 October 2009 – 17 January 2010
Sponsored by Ernst & Young
This major exhibition will be the first to explore the rich and varied culture of royal India. The exhibition features objects selected from both royal and private collections, including Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s Golden throne, magnificent turban-jewels, gem-encrusted weapons, [...]
Posted in Cultural, Material | Tagged London, Maharaja, V&A Museum
By admin on May 25, 2009
On 1 August 1863, shortly after 6:15 in the evening, a frail and partially-blind queen who had spent much of her life raging against the British Empire, died in her bed on the top floor of a Kensington townhouse.
Posted in Reviews | Tagged Duleep Singh, Jindan Kaur, London, Ranjit Singh
By Amandeep Madra on April 12, 2009
An exciting pair of lectures in Southall on Saturday 18 April will uncover the often misunderstood and little-known traditions and daily lives of the Nihang Singhs of the Punjab. Speaking will be the phtographer Nick Fleming and Nidar Singh Nihang, the sole-surviving master of Shastar Vidya.Free admission and a chance to acquire a signed copy [...]
Posted in Cultural | Tagged Akali, Lecture, London, Nihang, Sikh
By admin on April 12, 2009
An exhibition marking 160 years since the end of the Anglo-Sikh Wars opened in Hounslow at the weekend. A selection of historic pictures and documents charting the reign of Maharajah Ranjit Singh, and the bloody wars which followed his death, went on display at the Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha, in Alice Way, Hounslow, London. [...]
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By admin on March 14, 2009
New York auction house, Sotheby’s, is next week offering an historic watercolor-on-paper of Maharajah Ranjit Singh by French artist, Leopold Massard, that dates back to the 1830s.
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By Amandeep Madra on September 16, 2008
Two breathtaking pieces will be the Sikh highlights of the Christie’s “Art of the Islamic and Indian World” sale on 7 October 2008 in London. The stunning court scene depicting Ranjit Singh and the principle figures of the Lahore Durbar is one of the t stunning Sikh paintings that has been offered for sale in [...]
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By admin on April 7, 2008
Sotheby's Monday stopped the auction of an 18th century body armour after angry protests by Sikh groups in India, but said it would arrange a private sale for Sikh buyers.
"As per the seller's wishes, should anyone come forward to buy the item, we will then forward their offer to the seller," Sotheby's spokesman Simon Warren [...]
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By admin on April 3, 2008
The auction house Sotheby's has said that a body armour being put under the hammer next week did not belong to the 10th Sikh Guru, Gobind Singh.
"It is important that you know that Sotheby's does not consider the Sikh armour plate to be a relic of Guru Gobind Singh, as our cataloguing and estimate clearly [...]
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