Lot 36 · Orientalist Art
The handmaidens of Sivawara preparing the sacred bull at Tanjore for a festival.
Valentine Cameron Princep · oil on canvas
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- Estimate
- £100,000–£150,000 hammer ≈ $162,561–$243,842
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Orientalist Art, London · 9 July 2009
- Dimensions
- 58 x 73¾ in. (147.3 x 111.5 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5300786
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Valentine Cameron Princep, The handmaidens of Sivawara preparing the sacred bull at Tanjore for a festival. Christie's, 9 Jul 2009, lot 36. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5300786.
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Valentine Cameron Princep, The handmaidens of Sivawara preparing the sacred bull at Tanjore for a festival. Christie's, 9 Jul 2009, lot 36. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5300786.
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From the same sale Orientalist Art · Jul 2009
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merchants in a North African market | Franz Xavier Kosler | £200,000–£300,000 | |
| An Arab warrior | Italian School, 17th Century | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| The Pasha's entertainment | Paul-marie Lenoir | £60,000–£80,000 | |
| A desert encampment | Giulio Rosati | £25,000–£35,000 | |
| The sultan's favourite | Rudolf Ernst | £50,000–£70,000 | |
| Greeting the bride | Rudolf Ernst | £150,000–£200,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valentine Cameron Princep | Sisters | $173,279 | Christie's, Jul 2021 | |
| Valentine Cameron Princep | La Festa di Lido | Christie's, Feb 2003 | ||
| Valentine Cameron Princep | The Death of Cleopatra | Sotheby's, Dec 2025 | ||
| John Atkinson Grimshaw | Greenock | Lyon & Turnbull, May 2022 | ||
| John Atkinson Grimshaw | Evening in Knostrop | Lyon & Turnbull, May 2022 | ||
| John Atkinson Grimshaw | Lights in Whitby Harbour | Sotheby's, Jul 2024 | ||
| John Atkinson Grimshaw | Sunset over a Lake; Ghyll Beck, Barden, Yorkshire | Sotheby's, Dec 2021 | ||
| Valentine Cameron Princep | the lady of the tooti-nameh or the legend of the parrot | Sotheby's, Nov 2014 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.