Nov 18, 2009 - Sale 2196

Sale 2196 - Lot 4

Price Realized: $ 2,880
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
GOBINDA MANDAL (DATES UNKNOWN) AGRA. 1937.
40x25 inches, 101 1/2x63 1/2 cm. Calcutta Chromotype Ltd.
Condition A- / B+: losses, minor tears and creases in margins. Paper.
Built between 1631 and 1648, the Taj Mahal is one of the world's most famous buildings. Back when Agra was the seat of the Mughal Empire, Shah Jehan actually had the building with its elaborate gardens and ponds constructed as a massive mausoleum for his beloved wife, Arjumand Banu Begam.