Maharani Jindan Kaur's necklace fetches 187,000 at UK auction

October 24, 2018 20:38

An emerald and seed-pearl necklace owned by Maharani Jindan Kaur, the wife of Sikh emperor Maharaja Ranjit Singh, has sold for 187,000 (Rs 17,971,188) at a London auction after triggering a fierce bidding war, an official has said.

The necklace worn by Kaur, the final and the only one of Maharajas wives not to commit Sati on his death, surpassed its estimated price.

It was among a number of treasures from the Lahore Treasury auctioned as part of the Bonhams Islamic and Indian Art Sale in London on Tuesday.

As Regent to her five-year-old son Duleep Singh, who was proclaimed Maharaja of Punjab in 1843, Kaur organised armed resistance to the British invasion but was captured and imprisoned.

Escaping to Kathmandu, she was kept under house arrest by the King of Nepal, before eventually moving to England where she was reunited with her son and her jewellery, including the necklace up for auction this week.

-- PTI

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