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Lot 122*

The Baba Atal Temple, Amritsar, by Hari Singh (1894-1970)
Punjab, circa 1950-60

30 March 2021, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £4,845 inc. premium

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The Baba Atal Temple, Amritsar, by Hari Singh (1894-1970)
Punjab, circa 1950-60

oil on board, signed lower right
63.5 x 37 cm.

Footnotes

This towering seven-storeyed octagonal shrine crowned by a gilt dome is dedicated to the sixth Guru's seven-year-old son, Baba Atal (1622-1629), who is said to have forfeited his own life when his father rebuked him for miraculously bringing a dead playmate back to life. His body was cremated on the spot now occupied by the shrine, the foundation of the structure being laid in 1770.

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