Monday, April 4, 2011

Sobha Singh work fetches Rs 1 cr, Baroda pearl canopy Rs 10 cr

NEW YORK: A famous pearl canopy of Baroda sold for Rs 10.30 crore while an oil portrait of Sikh ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh by celebrated artist Sobha Singh fetched Rs 1.04 crore at a Sotheby's auction here.

The total sale at the Indian and Southeast Asian Works of Art auction was $ 9,431,375, the auction house said.

A copper Manjushri figure from the 11th/12th century sold for $ 2,322,500.

An opaque watercolour heightened with gold on paper of Maharaja Arjun Singh with his courtiers sold for $ 27,500, four times its pre-sale upper estimate while another painting of Maharaja Man Singh fetched $ 16,250, twice the estimate.

A ceremonial dagger, Damascus steel blade with 2 ivory hilt from South India, Madurai also exceeded its $ 20,000-30,000 estimate to sell for $ 158,500.

with thanks : indiatimes.timesofindia : link above for detailed news.

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