<p>Weapons, rare paintings, pottery as well as jewelled treasures that once belonged to Tipu Sultan, Deccan kingdoms and the Mughals, among other royals, are included in Sotheby's first-ever auction of imperial India here on October 9. <br /><br /></p>.<p>“Art of Imperial India,” an auction comprising 90 objects encompasses almost 500 years of every kind of decorative art produced in the region. <br /><br />“The sale will include works of museum quality, rarity and beauty spanning five centuries. With this diversity we have already attracted a great deal of international interest,” Benedict Carter, director, head of Auction Sales, Middle East said in a statement. <br />Among the auction highlights are eleven works relating to Tipu Sultan, ‘Tiger of Mysore’ (1750-1799). <br /><br />Tipu’s sword fitted with a captured English blade, taken as booty during the storming of the fortress of Seringapatam by the British in May 1799 and decorated with Tipu’s personal emblem, the ‘bubri’, or tiger-stripe motif, has been estimated to fetch between £ 80,000-120,000. <br /><br />An 18th century diamond-set and enamelled gold tray and casket (pandan) is expected to go under the hammer and fetch an estimated £ 200,000-300,000. <br /><br />A further highlight is an 11 bore silver-mounted flintlock duck gun from the personal armoury of Tipu Sultan, signed Sayyid Ma’sum, Patam, dated Mawludi year 1218 (1789-90), has an estimated auction price ranging between £ 80,000-100,000. <br />A gem-set gold dagger and scabbard, Mughal, circa 1700, has been estimated to fetch between £ 80,000-120,000. <br /><br />A monumental Pahari style painting depicting an enthroned Rama and Sita circa 1830-40, has been estimated to fetch between £ 100,000-150,000. <br /><br />“The Rich Man and Lazarus”, an early 17th century Mughal drawing after an engraving by Jan Sadeler of Jacopo Bassan’s painting Indian, has been estimated to fetch between £ 10,000-15,000. <br /><br />A portrait of a nobleman with a dog, attributable to a follower of well-known Perso-Mughal-Deccani artist Farrukh Beg, possibly Muhammad Ali, Mughal, early 17th century has been estimated to fetch between £ 60,000-80,000. <br /><br />The composition of a princely youth standing or seated in front of blossoming trees was a popular one in Persian and Mughal painting of this period. <br /><br />Sotheby’s had previously conducted sales of Indian art in April and May 2011, which fetched the auctioneers record sales of Stuart Cary Welch's collection.</p>
<p>Weapons, rare paintings, pottery as well as jewelled treasures that once belonged to Tipu Sultan, Deccan kingdoms and the Mughals, among other royals, are included in Sotheby's first-ever auction of imperial India here on October 9. <br /><br /></p>.<p>“Art of Imperial India,” an auction comprising 90 objects encompasses almost 500 years of every kind of decorative art produced in the region. <br /><br />“The sale will include works of museum quality, rarity and beauty spanning five centuries. With this diversity we have already attracted a great deal of international interest,” Benedict Carter, director, head of Auction Sales, Middle East said in a statement. <br />Among the auction highlights are eleven works relating to Tipu Sultan, ‘Tiger of Mysore’ (1750-1799). <br /><br />Tipu’s sword fitted with a captured English blade, taken as booty during the storming of the fortress of Seringapatam by the British in May 1799 and decorated with Tipu’s personal emblem, the ‘bubri’, or tiger-stripe motif, has been estimated to fetch between £ 80,000-120,000. <br /><br />An 18th century diamond-set and enamelled gold tray and casket (pandan) is expected to go under the hammer and fetch an estimated £ 200,000-300,000. <br /><br />A further highlight is an 11 bore silver-mounted flintlock duck gun from the personal armoury of Tipu Sultan, signed Sayyid Ma’sum, Patam, dated Mawludi year 1218 (1789-90), has an estimated auction price ranging between £ 80,000-100,000. <br />A gem-set gold dagger and scabbard, Mughal, circa 1700, has been estimated to fetch between £ 80,000-120,000. <br /><br />A monumental Pahari style painting depicting an enthroned Rama and Sita circa 1830-40, has been estimated to fetch between £ 100,000-150,000. <br /><br />“The Rich Man and Lazarus”, an early 17th century Mughal drawing after an engraving by Jan Sadeler of Jacopo Bassan’s painting Indian, has been estimated to fetch between £ 10,000-15,000. <br /><br />A portrait of a nobleman with a dog, attributable to a follower of well-known Perso-Mughal-Deccani artist Farrukh Beg, possibly Muhammad Ali, Mughal, early 17th century has been estimated to fetch between £ 60,000-80,000. <br /><br />The composition of a princely youth standing or seated in front of blossoming trees was a popular one in Persian and Mughal painting of this period. <br /><br />Sotheby’s had previously conducted sales of Indian art in April and May 2011, which fetched the auctioneers record sales of Stuart Cary Welch's collection.</p>