Corporate Author |
Sotheby's (Firm) |
Title |
Arts of the Islamic world : including fine rugs and carpets |
Publisher |
London : Sotheby's, 2019 |
Physical desc. |
272 pages ; illustrations ; 28 cm. |
Note |
01/05/2019 |
Ref. to CBL manuscripts: p. 10, lot 1 (several sections of this Qur'an are in the CB: Is 1417); p. 16, lot 9 ('Other sections of this work are in the Chester Beatty Library': Ar 3353); p. 48, lot 35 ('Al-tashrih bi'l-tasvir': similar date to CB [Per 129]); p. 86, lot 85 ('Page from the Murray Album. Probably a previously unknown illustration from the "British Library/Chester Beatty" Akbarnama: A battle outside a walled fortress, attributed to Sur Das, India, Mughal, circa 1602-03'; [possibly In 61]); p. 92, lot 90 (illustrated leaf from a Shahnama manuscript, India, circa 1800; similar scene [Faramarz hanged by the order of Bahman] to a CB Shahnama from 1548). |
Date & place of sale |
Wednesday 1 May 2019, London |
Subject |
Qur'an -- Manuscripts -- Catalogs |
Shahnama -- Illustrations -- Catalogs |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Ar 3353 |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 61 |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Is 1417 |
Islamic art -- Catalogs |
Islamic decorative arts -- Catalogs |
Islamic art objects -- Catalogs |
Islamic rugs -- Catalogs |
Islamic textile fabrics -- Catalogs |
Islamic jewelry -- Catalogs |
Islamic metal-work -- Catalogs |
Islamic weapons -- Catalogs |
Islamic pottery -- 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 |
Rugs, Oriental -- Catalogs |
Rugs, Persian -- Catalogs |