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Catalogue of fine Oriental miniatures and manuscripts: including Mughal, Deccani and Rajasthani miniatures of the 16th to 19th century, including two illustrations to the Bhagavata purana, Malwa or Mewar, c. 1540- 60 ; Company school natural history drawings ; and 19th century Indian paintings on cloth, mica, and ivory ; Pahari miniatures of the 18th and 19th century, including an illustration to the Hamir Hath by Sajnu, c. 1810 ; 12 birds roosting, Guler, late eighteenth century ; Persian miniatures of the 15th to 19th century, including a maiden performing acupuncture on her lover, by Afzal Al-Husayni dated 1646 A.D. ; two Qajar portraits of girls, c. 1840 ; Persian calligraphy and lacquer ; Armenian, Ethiopic, Sanskrit, Prakrit, and Persian manuscripts, including an illustrated manuscript of the Shahrat-afza, dated 1800 ; an Indian Qur'an with 14th century illumination

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Corporate Author Sotheby's (Firm)
Title Catalogue of fine Oriental miniatures and manuscripts : including Mughal, Deccani and Rajasthani miniatures of the 16th to 19th century, including two illustrations to the Bhagavata purana, Malwa or Mewar, c. 1540- 60 ; Company school natural history drawings ; and 19th century Indian paintings on cloth, mica, and ivory ; Pahari miniatures of the 18th and 19th century, including an illustration to the Hamir Hath by Sajnu, c. 1810 ; 12 birds roosting, Guler, late eighteenth century ; Persian miniatures of the 15th to 19th century, including a maiden performing acupuncture on her lover, by Afzal Al-Husayni dated 1646 A.D. ; two Qajar portraits of girls, c. 1840 ; Persian calligraphy and lacquer ; Armenian, Ethiopic, Sanskrit, Prakrit, and Persian manuscripts, including an illustrated manuscript of the Shahrat-afza, dated 1800 ; an Indian Qur'an with 14th century illumination
Publisher London : Sotheby & Co., 1974
Physical desc. 75 pages, 27 unnumbered pages of plates ; illustrations ; 25 cm.
Note 10/12/1974
Including property of D. Mehta, and others.
Includes a loosely inserted printed list of prices and buyers' names.
Date & place of sale Tuesday 10 December 1974, London
Person as subject Mehta, D. -- Art collections -- Catalogs
Subject Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian -- Catalogs
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Mogul Empire -- Catalogs
Painting, Indic -- Catalogs
Manuscripts, Persian -- Catalogs
Manuscripts -- Catalogs
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10013642 Box 12
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