THE GOLDEN TEMPLE AT AMRITSAR

NORTH INDIA, MID 19TH CENTURY

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THE GOLDEN TEMPLE AT AMRITSAR
NORTH INDIA, MID 19TH CENTURY
Gouache heightened with gold on three sheets of paper backed on card, depicting the Harmandir Sahib and its famous gold covering, with devotees and pilgrims depicted around the edges of the lake, two large banners flying from tall masts, light waterstaining around the edges, mounted, framed and glazed
8 x 32¼in. (20 x 82cm.)

Provenance

Formerly in the Collection of Theon Charles Wilkinson, MBE Thence by descent

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Lot Essay

A similar depiction of the Golden Temple dated to circa 1860-62 is in the British Library (inv. Add.Or.486, Golden Temple of Amritsar: Reflections of the Past, Exhibition Catalogue, London, 2011, fig. 89). A slightly earlier panorama of Lahore with Sikh dignitaries depicted in the foreground was sold at Christie's South Kensington, 7 October 2011, lot 388.

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