Rare Sikh helmet from Lahore, Punjab, mid-19th century. PHILIPPE MISSILLIER COLLECTION, Giquello auction house, Drouot - rooms 5-6, March 6th & 7th, 2025.

Photo 1 : Rare Sikh helmet from Lahore, Punjab, mid-19th century. PHILIPPE MISSILLIER COLLECTION, Giquello auction house, Drouot - rooms 5-6, March 6th & 7th, 2025.

Photo 2 : Rare Sikh helmet from Lahore, Punjab, mid-19th century. PHILIPPE MISSILLIER COLLECTION, Giquello auction house, Drouot - rooms 5-6, March 6th & 7th, 2025.

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PHILIPPE MISSILLIER COLLECTION
EARLY PERIOD – BOOKS – 17TH CENTURY FIREARMS
HUNTING ART – PHALERISTICS
18TH AND 19TH CENTURY WEAPONS – RUSSIAN ART
Friday, March 7, 2025 - 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
AFRICA AND OCEANIA – FAR EAST
Friday, March 7, 2025 - 2:00 pm
ISLAMIC AND INDIAN ART
Drouot - rooms 5-6

EXHIBITION
Tuesday, March 4 from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm
Wednesday, March 5 from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm
Thursday, March 6 from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Phone during exhibition +33(0)1 48 00 20 05

GIQUELLO
Alexandre Giquello
Violette Stcherbatcheff
5, rue La Boétie - 75008 Paris
+33 (0)1 47 42 78 01 - info@giquello.net
With approval
No. 2002 389

CONTACT
Claire Richon
+33(0)1 47 70 48 00
c.richon@giquello.net

SPECIALIST
Runjeet Singh Specialist
+44 (0)7866 424803
info@runjeetsingh.com
Lots 99, 317 to 435, 437 to 484

Lot No. 413 (from the sale)
Rare Sikh helmet Lahore, Punjab, mid-19th century

Rare Sikh helmet with a steel domed shape
decorated with gold koftgari and equipped with a camail in
steel, copper, and brass
Lahore, Punjab, mid-19th century
H. 50 cm
312 CH
€5,000/€7,000
A shallow domed shape helmet topped with a faceted plume holder and equipped with a long camail of steel mesh, with links in copper and brass forming four-leaf motifs. The nasal piece features lobed medallions at each end. Some gold restorations on the helmet and nasal guard.
A similar example was sold at the famous Sikh artifacts auction by Sotheby's at Coulston Manor, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland, on May 21 and 22, 1990, lot 19. Coulston was the residence of the Marquess of Dalhousie (James Andrew Broun Ramsay, 1812-1860), Governor-General of Punjab, in office during the second Anglo-Sikh War and the subsequent annexation of Punjab.
Three small holes and some pitting in the bowl. Some parts of the gold on the helmet and nasal guard may have been restored.

Reference : Étude Giquello, Drouot - salles 5-6, les 6 & 7 mars 2025

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