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Lot 244

A group of nine small paintings of the Sikh Gurus, two with attendants including an Akali-Nihang
Punjab, late 19th Century
(9)

22 May 2025, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £6,400 inc. premium

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A group of nine small paintings of the Sikh Gurus, two with attendants including an Akali-Nihang
Punjab, late 19th Century

gouache on card, each with gurmukhi caption in upper border
two rectangular, each 165 x 87 mm.; the remainder square, each approximately 80 x 70 mm.(9)

Footnotes

The second Guru, Guru Angad, is missing. Each of the portraits is captioned in gurmukhi as follows:

1 srigu[runanakdevji], '1, respected and exalted Guru Nanak Dev'.
thisripats[h]ahisriguruamardasji, 'third reign, respected and exalted Guru Amar Das'.
chauthipats[h]ahisrigururamda[sji], 'fourth reign, respected and exalted Guru Ram Das'.
panjvipats[h]ah[i]sriguruarjandevji, 'fifth reign, respected and exalted Guru Arjan Dev'.
chhevipats[h]ahisriguru[ha]r[g]obindji, 'sixth reign, respected and exalted Guru Har Gobind'.
satvipats[h]ahisriguruharraiji, 'seventh reign, respected and exalted Guru Har Rai'.
atvipats[h]ahisriguruharkrishanji, 'eighth reign, respected and exalted Guru Har Krishan'.
[nauvipats[h]ahisriguruteghbahadurji], 'ninth reign, respected and exalted Guru Tegh Bahadur'.
dasvipats[h]ahsrigurugobindsinghji, 'tenth reign, respected and exalted Guru Gobind Singh'.

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