Corporate Author |
Christie, Manson & Woods |
Title |
Art of the Islamic and Indian worlds |
Publisher |
London : Christie's, 2010 |
Physical desc. |
225 pages ; colour illustrations ; 27 cm. |
Note |
13/04/2010 |
Properties of: the private collection of the late Mrs Elias-Vaes, sold in support of the Foundation Vaes-Elias, funding cultural studies; the heirs of the late Djafar Ghazi; a lady, and a gentleman. |
Reference to CB manuscripts p. 50-51, lots 66-67 (two folios from the Majma' al-Tawarikh, Herat, c.1425: 'This manuscript is now dispersed amongst collections around the world including the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York' [CBL Per 105]); p. 71, lot 100 (binding similar to CBL In 03 Akbarnama); p. [85], lot 120 (another Qur'an copied by 'Abdullah Tabbakh [CBL Is 1511]); p. 114, lot 170 (later copy: CBL Ar 5451); p. 114, lot 173 (two copies: CBL Ar 5363 and Ar 5417); p. 119, lot 178 (two copies: CBL Ar 3340 and Ar 3038). |
Lot 71, page 52: 'Bahram Gur ascends to the throne', Inju, Shiraz, first half 14th century, miniature from the dispersed Stephens Shahnama, 'the bulk of which was in the collection of the Hagop Kevorkian Fund', originally exhibited at the Exhibition of Persian Art, London, 1931. |
Date & place of sale |
Tuesday 13 April 2010, London. |
Person as subject |
Ghazi, Djafar -- Library -- Catalogs |
Elias-Vaes, Wilhelmina Gerardina -- 1908-2002 -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
Subject |
Qur'an -- Manuscripts -- Catalogs |
Shahnama -- Illustrations -- Catalogs |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Per 105 |
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 |
Jewelry -- India -- Catalogs |
Amulets (Islam) -- Catalogs |
Islamic tiles -- Catalogs |
İznik pottery -- Catalogs |