Corporate Author |
Christie, Manson & Woods |
Title |
Art of the Islamic and Indian worlds : including Oriental rugs and carpets |
Publisher |
London : Christie's, 2017 |
Physical desc. |
336 pages ; illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 27 cm. |
Note |
Properties of: an important private collector; the New York apartment of David Easton and James Steinmeyer; an important European collection; Dr Jerome and Mrs Evelyn Oremland; the Dharma collection; Professor Rudolph Gelpke; the estate of William Kelly Simpson; a private French collector; a private Connecticut collection; a private Italian collection; an English gentleman; the late Barbara Piasecka Johnson; and a private collection in the Channel Islands. |
26/10/2017 |
References to CB manuscripts: p. 55, lot 49 (portrait of Asaf Khan); p. 66, lot 62 (Ar 4168); p. 99, lot 89 (Per 209 & Per 210); p. 103, lot 93 (Muhammad Qasim); p. 169, lot 161 (In 11A); p. 183, lot 180 (In 48.1); p. 185-190, lot 183-184 ('Two Mughal paintings mounted on folios from the Farhang-i Jahangiri'; provenance information included; lot 183 'from the second volume of the 1597 Akbarnama most of which is in the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin' [CBL In 03]; 'Our painting fills a gap in the Chester Beatty Akbarnama at ff. 84/85. It is painting no. 92 of the original 170 paintings in the manuscript'.); p. 194, lot 189 (folio from a Khavarannama, ten paintings of which are in the Chester Beatty Library, Per 293). |
Date & place of sale |
Thursday 26 October 2017, London |
Person as subject |
Johnson, Barbara Piasecka -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
Oremland, Evelyn K. -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
Oremland, Jerome D. -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
Easton, James -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
Steinmeyer, James -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
Gelpke, Rudolf -- 1928-1972 -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
Simpson, William Kelly -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
Subject |
Qur'an -- Manuscripts -- Catalogs |
Shahnama -- Illustrations -- Catalogs |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 03 |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Per 293 |
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 |
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Armenian -- Catalogs |
Painting, Indic -- Catalogs |
Manuscripts, Arabic -- Catalogs |
Manuscripts, Persian -- Catalogs |
Islamic bookbinding -- Catalogs |
Lacquer and lacquering -- Iran -- Catalogs |
Islamic weapons -- Catalogs |
Jewelry -- India -- Catalogs |
Decorative arts -- India -- Catalogs |
Art objects -- India -- Catalogs |
Islamic rugs -- Catalogs |
Rugs, Oriental -- Catalogs |
Rugs, Persian -- Catalogs |