| Corporate Author |
Sotheby's (Firm) |
| Title |
Catalogue of Oriental manuscripts and miniatures : including Mughal miniatures of the 16th to 19th century including a leaf from the Baburnama, c. 1590 ; two miniatures from the Chester Beatty Akbarnama c. 1600-10 ; a leaf from a Shahnama, c. 1620 ; a miniature of two mullahs, c. 1570-80 ; a page from a historical manuscript, c. 1590-1600 ; Deccani, Rajasthani, and Pahari miniatures including a miniature of an elephant hunt, Kotah c. 1770-80 ; two ragamala illustrations, Kulu, c. 1700-10 ; Persian and Turkish miniatures of the 15th to 19th century including a leaf from a Shahnama, Turkish, early 17th century ; three miniatures from the Majma-al-Tavarikh, c. 1425 ; two leaves from the Zafar Nama, 1436 ; a miniature by Ramazan 'Ali, dated 1816 ; Persian painted lacquer and calligraphy ; Persian, Arabic, Sanskrit, Ethiopic, Turkish and Thai manuscripts, including a Kalpasutra, dated 1636 ; Qur'an manuscripts of the 12th to 19th century ; a Persian anthology, Golconda, 1629-30 |
| Publisher |
London : Sotheby & Co., 1971 |
| Physical desc. |
63 pages, 19 leaves of plates ; illustrations (1 color) ; 25 cm. |
| Note |
07/12/1971 |
| Including property of E. Kofler-Truniger, Mrs. L.C.M.G. Brunet, Miss P.M. Botley, Mrs. L.J.W. Craven, and others. |
| Includes a loosely inserted printed list of prices and buyers' names. |
| Reference to CB manuscripts: p. 34, lot 187 (Baburnama [In 06])); p. 35, lot 187A (Akbarnama [In 03]); p. 36, lot 188; p. 39, lot 190 (Shahnama 'probably produced for Shah Isma'il II'). |
| Date & place of sale |
Tuesday 7 December 1971, London |
| Person as subject |
Kofler-Truniger, Ernst -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| Brunet, L.C.M.G. -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| Botley, P.M. -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| Craven, L.J.W. -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| Beatty, Alfred Chester -- Sir -- 1875-1968 -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| Subject |
Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts -- Catalogs |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts -- Catalogs |
