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Catalogue of Oriental miniatures, manuscripts and Qajar paintings: comprising art reference books ; Company school natural history drawings ; Mughal miniatures from the 17th to 19th century, including a prince seated on a bed smoking a hookah, Mughal, c. 1760 ; Decanni, central Indian, Rajasthani and Pahari miniatures from the 17th to 19th century, including two fine portraits of Pahari princes, Mankot, c. 1700 ; Persian miniatures from the 16th to 19th centuries, including Shapur seated upon a gold chair, Isfahan, c. 1600 ; Qajar paintings a portrait of Muhammad Sadram Khan, c. 1810-20 ; a young lady playing a spike fiddle, c. 1810-20 ; a young lady, by Ali Quli, c. 1830 ; Arabic, Indian, Persian, Tibetan and Turkish manuscripts and calligraphy, including Al-Bukhari's Sahih, Turkey dated 857/1453 ; Kitab Assma' Allah, Egypt dated 607/1210 ; a Qur'an section, Mamluk, late fourteenth century ; Persian lacquer, including a pair of painted lacquer doors, Qajar, late nineteenth century

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Corporate Author Sotheby's (Firm)
Title Catalogue of Oriental miniatures, manuscripts and Qajar paintings : comprising art reference books ; Company school natural history drawings ; Mughal miniatures from the 17th to 19th century, including a prince seated on a bed smoking a hookah, Mughal, c. 1760 ; Decanni, central Indian, Rajasthani and Pahari miniatures from the 17th to 19th century, including two fine portraits of Pahari princes, Mankot, c. 1700 ; Persian miniatures from the 16th to 19th centuries, including Shapur seated upon a gold chair, Isfahan, c. 1600 ; Qajar paintings a portrait of Muhammad Sadram Khan, c. 1810-20 ; a young lady playing a spike fiddle, c. 1810-20 ; a young lady, by Ali Quli, c. 1830 ; Arabic, Indian, Persian, Tibetan and Turkish manuscripts and calligraphy, including Al-Bukhari's Sahih, Turkey dated 857/1453 ; Kitab Assma' Allah, Egypt dated 607/1210 ; a Qur'an section, Mamluk, late fourteenth century ; Persian lacquer, including a pair of painted lacquer doors, Qajar, late nineteenth century
Publisher London : Sotheby's, 1976
Physical desc. 53 pages, 26 unnumbered pages of plates ; illustrations (2 color) ; 25 cm.
Note 06/07/1976
Including property of Dr. W.G. Archer, Miss R.H. Kyle, and others.
Includes a loosely inserted printed list of price estimates.
Annotations on front cover.
Date & place of sale Tuesday 6 July, 1976, London
Person as subject Archer, W. G. (William George) 1907-1979 -- Art collections -- Catalogs
Kyle, R.H. -- Art collections -- Catalogs
Subject Qurʼan -- Manuscripts -- Catalogs
Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts -- Catalogs
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian -- Catalogs
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Mogul Empire -- Catalogs
Painting, Indic -- Catalogs
Manuscripts, Arabic -- Catalogs
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10013738 Box 13
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