| Corporate Author |
Sotheby's (Firm) |
| Title |
Fine Oriental manuscripts and miniatures : calligraphy and illumination from the 9th to 20th centuries, including a large vellum Qur'an leaf in kufic script, North Africa, ninth/tenth century ; Persian and Turkish miniatures from the 15th to 20th centuries, including an illustrated leaf from a manuscript of Nizami's Khamsa, Shiraz, c.1570-80 ; a crouching youth restrains a furiously bucking ram, signed by Reza-i Abbasi, Isfahan, dated 1623 ; seven illustrated leaves from a manuscript of Siyar-i Nabi (The life of the Prophet), commissioned by Sultan Murad III, Constantinople, c.1594 ; Qur'ans from the 12th to 20th centuries, including an illuminated Qur'an section, Persia or Turkey, dated 1333 ; a Timurid Qur'an, probably Shiraz, early fifteenth century ; an Ottoman Qur'an section written in muhaqqaq script in alternative blue and gold, Turkey, fifteenth century ; a large Qur'an with an opening double page of fine illumination, Ottoman, c.1590 ; an illuminated Qur'an copied by Abdul-Karim Muhammad Sadiq al-Husaini al-Yazdi, Qajar, dated 1849 ; Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Ethiopic, Armenian, and South-East Asian manuscripts and printed books from the 13th to 20th centuries, including Attar's Mantiq al-Tayr with five miniatures, Shiraz, dated 1441 ; Jami's Haft Awrang with thirteen miniatures by a pupil of Bihzad, Herat dated 1505 ; the Four Gospels, illustrated Armenian manuscript on vellum copied and illuminated by Yovanes of Khizan, Khizan (S.E. Turkey), dated 1620/21 ; Rajasthani and Pahari miniatures from the 18th to 19th centuries ; Mughal and Deccani miniatures from the 16th to 19th centuries, including a miniature from the Akhbar-i Barmakiyan, Mughal, late sixteenth century ; an illustration to the Hamza-nama, Mughal, c.1570 |
| Publisher |
London : Sotheby's, 1985 |
| Physical desc. |
328 unnumbered pages ; illustrations (some colour) ; 28 cm. |
| Note |
15/04/1985; 16/04/1985 |
| References to CB manuscripts: lots 176-182 (seven leaves from volume 4 of a manuscript of the Siyar-i-Nabi, Life of the Prophet: lot 176, 'The Imam Ali bin Abi Taleb beheading Nasr bin al-Hareth in the presence of the Prophet Muhammad and his companions...'; 'This folio would have been located between folios 262 and 263 of the Chester Beatty volume'; lot 177, 'Abu Djahl conversing with Jabir...'; 'This folio would have been located between folios 125 and 126 of the Chester Beatty volume'; lot 178, 'Imam Ali and Ammar bin Yasir observe the tribe of Beni Mudalaj construct a building in the desert...'; 'This folio would have been located between folios 160 and 161 of the Chester Beatty volume'; lot 179, 'The Prophet Muhammad blessing the Imam Ali and Hamza as they strike the enemy during the battle of Badr...'; 'This folio would have been located between folios 225 and 226 of the Chester Beatty volume'; lot 180, 'Miqdad bin Umar and 'Aqaba bin Ghazwan taking refuge with the Muslims...'; 'This folio would have been located between folios 160 and 161 of the Chester Beatty volume'; lot 181, 'Abu Sufyan conversing with the caravan traders...'; 'This folio would have been located between folios 336 and 337 of the Chester Beatty volume'; lot 182, 'The bodies of the Quraish fallen at the battle of Uhud...'; 'This folio would have been located between folios 420 and 421 of the Chester Beatty volume'; entry lists the whereabouts of other volumes and leaves and focuses on volume 4: 'by June 1939 it had surfaced in Cairo. A number of leaves, about 22 which bear illustrations, were detached and sold to collectors. The collector who acquired the most, including the four auctioned in Paris last year, was Major R.G. Gayer-Anderson Pasha [...]. So by the time Chester Beatty had hear of the prize, presumably one of his dealing scouts with whom he kept correspondence, he was obliged to take volume IV in its reduced state'.); lot 393 (Armenian illuminated manuscript comparable in style with Arm 578); lot 478 (Hamza-nama [Hamzanama, In 01]). |
| Bookmarked. |
| Date & place of sale |
Monday 15 and Tuesday 16 April 1985, London |
| Subject |
Qur'an -- Manuscripts -- Catalogs |
| Shahnama -- Illustrations -- Catalogs |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 01 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- T 419 |
| Islamic art -- 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 |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, Armenian -- Catalogs |
| Painting, Indic -- Catalogs |
| Manuscripts, Arabic -- Catalogs |
| Manuscripts, Persian -- Catalogs |
| Manuscripts, Armenian -- Catalogs |
| Manuscripts, Turkish -- Catalogs |
| Manuscripts, Ethiopic -- Catalogs |
| Art, Southeast Asian -- Catalogs |
| Islamic bookbinding -- Catalogs |
| Lacquer and lacquering -- Iran -- Catalogs |
