Christie’s Images 2019
Christie’s marathon 12-hour auction of Indian jewellery and works of art from the Al Thani family held in New York on June 19 included the finest collection of courtly weapons to come to auction in well over a generation.
The $109m sale of objects from the Qatari ruling family was conducted as a partnership between Christie’s and art advisory firm The Fine Art Group. The financial highlight of a stellar group of jewelled dress daggers was provided by the kard thought to have belonged to Shah Jahan (1592-1666), the fifth Mughal emperor and the man who built the Taj Mahal.