Corporate Author |
Sotheby's (Firm) |
Title |
Arts of the Islamic world : including fine carpets and textiles |
Publisher |
London : Sotheby's, 2012 |
Physical desc. |
236 pages ; colour illustrations ; 28 cm. |
Note |
03/10/2012 |
Ref. to CBL manuscripts: p. 10, lot 3 (kufic Qur'an leaf from a manuscript of which a part is in the CB: [Is 1422]); p. 17, lot 11 (hijazi script comparisons with: Is 1615, f. 6r, lines 6, 8, 10 & f. 20r, line 12); p. 40, lot 43 (work by the same author in CB Ar 3756); p. 60, lot 66 (leaf from the 'Small Shahnama' of which several leaves are in the CB: Per 104); p. [70], lot 82 (another painting of Jahangir in his harem is in the Minto Album: CB In 07A.4); p. [72], lot 86 (another portrait of Man Singh in the CB: In 11A.1); p. 83, lot 105 (portrait of a holy man, 'possibly from the Jahangir album (Gulshan album)' of which there are some leaves in the CB: In 47); p. 86-88, lots 110-111 (two leaves from a manuscript [possibly volume 4] of the Siyar-i-Nabi, Life of the Prophet: lot 110 'Prophet surrounded by his companions orders the 18th Ghaza' [raid] against the Bani 'Atfan in the Najd', 'numbered 88 in the outer right hand margin in ink', and lot 111: 'Reyhana Hatun and Ka'b ibn Malik on top of a mountain'; 'By 1753 volume IV had been separated from the others and was in the private possession of one of the Ottoman princesses. It surfaced in Cairo in the 1930s, at which point approximately 53 folios were detached and sold to various collectors, principally Major R.G. Gayer-Anderson [known as Gayer-Anderson Pasha. At about this time Alfred Chester Beatty acquired the remainder of volume IV, which consisted of 490 folios, 136 miniatures and the colophon'. [T 419]). |
Ref. to ACB and Major R.G. Gayer-Anderson (p. 86). |
Bookmarked throughout. |
Bibliography etc. |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-225). |
Date & place of sale |
Wednesday 3 October 2012, London |
Subject |
Qur'an -- Manuscripts -- Catalogs |
Shahnama -- Illustrations -- Catalogs |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 47 |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Is 1422 |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Per 104 |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- T 419 |
Islamic art -- Catalogs |
Islamic decorative arts -- Catalogs |
Islamic art objects -- Catalogs |
Islamic jewelry -- Catalogs |
Islamic metal-work -- Catalogs |
Islamic weapons -- Catalogs |
Islamic pottery -- Catalogs |
Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts -- Catalogs |
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian -- Catalogs |
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Mogul Empire -- Catalogs |
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Ottoman -- Catalogs |
Manuscripts, Arabic -- Catalogs |
Manuscripts, Persian -- Catalogs |
Carpets -- Catalogs |
Islamic rugs -- Catalogs |
Rugs, Oriental -- Catalogs |
Rugs, Persian -- Catalogs |
Islamic textile fabrics -- Catalogs |
Scientific apparatus and instruments -- Catalogs |
Islamic bookbinding -- Catalogs |