Corporate Author |
Christie, Manson & Woods |
Title |
Art of the Islamic and Indian worlds |
Publisher |
London : Christie's, 2007 |
Physical desc. |
324 pages ; colour illustrations ; 27 cm. |
Note |
Properties from: the Hispanic Society of America, deaccessioned by order of the trustees to benefit the acquisitions fund; the Dr Amir Pakzad Carpet Museum, Hannover; the Saint Louis Art Museum, sold to benefit their acquisitions fund; a descendant of Julius Drewe, Castle Drogo; descendants of the Tazi family, Tangier; a noble collection; and various sources. |
23/10/2007. |
References to CB manuscripts: p. 31, lot 20 (Qur'an with similar script to CBL Is 1431, Qur'an of Ibn al-Bawwab); p. 37, lot 28 (Timurid Qur'an, dated AH 866, with a provenance of: E. Hatoun, Cairo; Archer Milton Huntington, New York; and the Hispanic Society of America from 1956. Similar to CBL Is 1518, dated AH 868); p. 99, lot 103 (same calligrapher as in CBL Per 179); p. 140, lot 167 (Persian painting by Muhammad Qasim); p. 145, lot 172. |
Lot 172, page 145: folio from the 1341 Shahnama from the Inju court, Shiraz, 'Kay Ka'us in conference with Siyawush and Rustam' [possibly part of a dispersed Shahnama of which several folios are CBL Per 110]. |
Bookmark at page 8, lot 1 (large kufic Qur'an leaf, late 8th/9th century). |
Date & place of sale |
Tuesday 23 October 2007, London |
Person as subject |
Pakzad, Amir -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
Corporate name |
Hispanic Society of America -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
Subject |
Qur'an -- Manuscripts -- Catalogs |
Shahnama -- Illustrations -- Catalogs |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Per 110 |
Islamic art -- Catalogs |
Islamic decorative arts -- Catalogs |
Islamic art objects -- Catalogs |
Islamic pottery -- Catalogs |
Islamic textile fabrics -- Catalogs |
Islamic jewelry -- Catalogs |
Islamic metal-work -- Catalogs |
Islamic calligraphy -- Catalogs |
Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts -- Catalogs |
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian -- Catalogs |
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Ottoman -- Catalogs |
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Mogul Empire -- Catalogs |
Painting, Indic -- Catalogs |
Manuscripts, Arabic -- Catalogs |
Manuscripts, Persian -- Catalogs |
Islamic bookbinding -- Catalogs |
Lacquer and lacquering -- Iran -- Catalogs |
Islamic weapons -- Catalogs |
Amulets (Islam) -- Catalogs |
Jewelry -- India -- Catalogs |
Jewelry -- Morocco -- Catalogs |
Islamic tiles -- Catalogs |