| Corporate Author |
Sotheby's (Firm) |
| Title |
Arts of the Islamic world |
| Publisher |
London : Sotheby's, 2018 |
| Physical desc. |
228 pages ; illustrations ; 28 cm. |
| Note |
24/10/2018 |
| References to CB manuscripts: p. 28, lot 16 (similar seal as in CB: Ar 4735 [2]); p. 28, lot 17 (Mamluk binding decoration similar to one in the CB [Bosch, 1981, p. 135-136); p. 29, lot 18 (Mamluk Qur'an comparable to Is 1493); p. 30, lot 20 (other copy in the CB: Ar 3680); p. 32, lot 21 (similar manuscript to Ar 3640 [2]); p. 47, lot 41 ('découpe pages in T 415); p. 67, lot 72 ('possible that the present miniature is from the same series' as CBL In 31); p. 69, lot 75 ('Akbar enthroned with courtiers under a canopy, possibly a previously unknown illustration from the "British Library/Chester Beatty" Akbarnama of 1602-3' [possibly In 61]); p. 78, lot 90 ('An illustration depicting a youthful Mughal prince receiving a message, within the borders of a Farhang i-Jahangiri folio, India, Imperial Mughal, circa 1604'; 'very possibly an unrecorded illustrated miniature from the "Chester Beatty Akbarnama" of 1604' [possibly In 62]). |
| Date & place of sale |
Wednesday 24 October 2018, London |
| Subject |
Qur'an -- Manuscripts -- Catalogs |
| Shahnama -- Illustrations -- Catalogs |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 61 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 62 |
| 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 |
| Islamic textile fabrics -- Catalogs |
| Islamic calligraphy -- Catalogs |
| Scientific apparatus and instruments -- Catalogs |
| Islamic bookbinding -- Catalogs |
