 | Alexander Ronald Grant - 1870
...with stud ropes of gold. They said the whole was worth £-870,000, but no one knows the real value of these enormous stones, they are never bought or sold. The next horse was dressed in diamonds and turquoises, another in pearls, and one in trappings of coral and pearl was... | |
 | Kerry Brown - Art - 1999 - 217 pages
...something like a martingale. Heera Singh said the whole was valued at 3T lakhs [3,T00,000 rupees], but all these valuations are fanciful as nobody knows...these enormous stones; they are never bought or sold. ... It reduces European magnificence to a very low pitch.6 At the center of all this magnificence was... | |
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Singh said the whole was valued at 37 lacs (370,0007.) ; but all these valuations are fanciful, as nobody knows the worth of these enormous stones ; they are never bought or sold. The next horse was simply attired in diamonds and turquoises, another in... 