Lot 302: Francois Balthazar Solvyns (1760-1824) A Sikh in a landscape: from A Collection of Two Hundred and Fifty Coloured Etchings Descriptive of the Manners, Customs and Dress of the Hindoos, Calcutta 1799

Name: Francois Balthazar Solvyns (1760-1824) A Sikh in a landscape: from A Collection of Two Hundred and Fifty Coloured Etchings Descriptive of the Manners, Customs and Dress of the Hindoos, Calcutta 1799
Brand: Bonhams
SKU: e7ce5d50cf

Est: £800 GBP - £1,200 GBPSold:

BonhamsLondon, United KingdomOctober 08, 2009

Item Overview

Description

hand-coloured etching on paper, labelled Section 1st, no. 9, and with the title A Sic on separate slips, unframed
440 x 315 mm.

Artist or Maker

Balthazar Solvyns

Notes

The figure depicted displays some of the symbols of membership in the Khalsa (the 'order of the Pure'), founded in 1699 by Guru Gobind Singh: namely uncut hair, a steel bracelet, and short breeches. (The comb in the hair and the short sword are concealed in this image). The dark blue colour of the cloak may indicate the figure's being of the zealous Nihang sect.

Auction Details

Islamic & Indian Art

Bonhams

October 08, 2009, 12:00 PM GMT

101 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1S 1SR, UK

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