| Corporate Author |
Sotheby's (Firm) |
| Title |
Catalogue of Oriental miniatures and manuscripts : comprising Persian and Turkish miniatures from the 16th to the 20th century ; Qajar lacquer pen-boxes and a mirror case, Persian, nineteenth century ; calligraphy and illumination from the 15th to the 19th century, including an illuminated firman of Sultan Mustafa II, Ottoman dated 1695 ; an early vellum Qur'an leaf, probably Qairouan, eighth century ; Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Indian, Ethiopian and Armenian manuscripts and printed books, including a large Qur'an written by Sulayman Ratib, Ottoman, dated 1850 ; Mughal and Deccani miniatures from the 16th to 19th century, including an illustration to the Razmnama, c. 1598 ; a gouache depicting Colonel Polier, after a Tilly Kettle original, Faizabad or Lucknow, c. 1780 ; Rajput miniatures from the 15th to 19th century, including a durbar scene of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, c. 1850 |
| Publisher |
London : Sotheby's, 1984 |
| Physical desc. |
46 unnumbered pages ; illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm. |
| Note |
02/07/1984 |
| Property of John Gilmore Ford and others. |
| Reference to CB manuscripts: lot 103 (Razmnama [In 55]). |
| Date & place of sale |
Monday 2 July 1984, London |
| Person as subject |
Ford, John Gilmore -- 1928- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| Subject |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 55 |
| Qur'an -- Manuscripts -- 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 |
| Manuscripts, Armenian -- Catalogs |
| Manuscripts, Ethiopic -- Catalogs |
| Manuscripts, Burmese -- Catalogs |
| Manuscripts, Thai -- Catalogs |
| Lacquer and lacquering -- Iran -- Catalogs |
