Kaukab-i-Iqbal-i-Punjab, 1st Class
Rosebury's Auctions, London, UK
An enamelled and diamond-set gold Order of Merit of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the first Sikh maharaja of the Panjab (r.18011839), Lahore, circa 1830s, in the form of a gold star set with diamonds to each arm in the kundan technique,containing to centre a portrait in gouache heightened with gold on paper of Ranjit Singh seated and holding a bow by an artist of the court, enamelled to reverse with an alternating design of white flowers on green ground, and red and white petals and to centre roundel flower heads and leaves, on a later twisted rope of small pearls, merit 4.5cm. diam. x 5.5cm. high
Classes -
1st Class - Diamonds
2nd Class - Diamonds & Emeralds
3rd Class - Emeralds
An enamelled and diamond-set gold Order of Merit of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the first Sikh maharaja of the Panjab (r.18011839), Lahore, circa 1830s, in the form of a gold star set with diamonds to each arm in the kundan technique,containing to centre a portrait in gouache heightened with gold on paper of Ranjit Singh seated and holding a bow by an artist of the court, enamelled to reverse with an alternating design of white flowers on green ground, and red and white petals and to centre roundel flower heads and leaves, on a later twisted rope of small pearls, merit 4.5cm. diam. x 5.5cm. high
Classes -
1st Class - Diamonds
2nd Class - Diamonds & Emeralds
3rd Class - Emeralds
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