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121 |
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Catalogue of fine Oriental manuscripts: the property of the Hagop Kevorkian Fund : comprising bindings from the 15th to 19th century, including a fourteenth century Mamluk brown morocco binding decorated with geometric design with dots filled in gold and blind ; Arabic, Persian and Ottoman manuscripts from the 9th to 19th century, including a Qur'an section on vellum, written in kufic script, Arabic, 9th century ; a large Mamluk Qur'an written for Qa'it Bay, Egypt dated 1488 ; Nizami's Khamsa with 5 double pages of illumination, Persian dated 1533 ; Attar's Asrarnama and 5 other works with one double page of illumination and six illuminated headpieces, India dated 1569 ; Tusi's Mashkalat al-Isharat, Baghdad dated 1292-93 ; Tusi's Tahrir al-Majisti (Persian translation of Ptolemy's Almagest) with numerous tables and diagrams, Persia dated 1487 [Sales Catalogue]
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Sotheby's (Firm)
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1982 |
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122 |
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Catalogue of fine Oriental manuscripts: the property of the Hagop Kevorkian Fund : comprising Arabic, Persian, and Ottoman manuscripts from the 9th to 20th century, including a Qur'an fragment on vellum, written in Kufic script, Arabic, 9th century ; an illuminated Qur'an section written in early naskhi script, probably North Africa, 12th century ; a large illuminated Qur'an, Mamluk, probably Egypt, c. 1350 ; al-Bukhari's Sahih, with two full pages of illumination, Mamluk, late 13th century ; Kitab Jami' al-Tasanif Rashidi (a survey and index of Rashid al-Din's works), written in the scriptorium at Rashidiya, Tabriz, dated 1307, 1315 and 1316 ; Sa'di's Kulliyat with one double page of illumination and 13 double pages with illuminated borders, Sultanate, dated 1388 ; al-Jurjani's Dhakhirat-i Khwarazmshahi (a treatise on medicine), Persia, c. 1300 ; Tibb al-Adwiyah (a collection of medical extracts and prescriptions), Herat, dated 1398 [Sales Catalogue]
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Sotheby's (Firm)
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1983 |
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Number of Holdings: 2.
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123 |
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[Catalogue of fine Oriental miniatures and manuscripts: comprising Mughal miniatures from the 16th to 19th centuries, including two pages from the Hamza-nama, Mughal, c. 1570 ; a prince riding a blue-dapple horse, Mughal, late seventeenth century ; Adam and Eve standing in the Garden of Eden, Murshidabad, c. 1760 ; Deccani, Central Indian, Rajasthani and Pahari miniatures from the 15th to 19th centuries, including a portrait of a princely youth Bijapur, c. 1620 ; a portrait of a ruler, Deccan, c. 1700 ; two illustrations to the Bhagavata Purana, Basohli, c. 1760-65 ; a portrait of a nobleman, Mankot, c. 1690-1700 ; an illustration of the first avator of Vishnu, Mankot, c. 1700 ; Persian, Indian and Turkish calligraphy, including a page of nasta'liq by Sultan Ali al-Mashhadi, Persia, c. 1500 ; a page of Nasta'liq by Muhammad Dara Shikoh, Mughal, dated A.D. 1654 ; Persian and Turkish miniatures from the 15th to 19th centuries, including a portrait of Mirza Abul-Qasim Khan, Qajar, dated A.D. 1861 ; Persian painted lacquer pen-boxes, mirror-cases and caskets ; Persian, Arabic, Indian, Burmese, Nepalese and Armenian manuscripts, including Babur's Nasihatnama, dated A.D. 1586 ; a sultanate Qur'an, dated A.D. 1408 ; an illuminated Qajar Qur'an, dated A.D. 1830] [Sales Catalogue]
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Sotheby's (Firm)
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1978 |
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Number of Holdings: 1.
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124 |
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Catalogue of fine Oriental miniatures and manuscripts: comprising Mughal, Deccani, central Indian and Rajasthani miniatures from the 16th to 19th centuries, including a mahout riding an elephant decked in full regalia, Mughal, c. 1580 ; Prince Salim out riding an elephant, Mughal (Allahabad), c. 1600-05 ; Rao Chattar Sal of Bundi, Bundi, c. 1660 ; and a portrait of a Kishangarh princess, Kishangarh, c. 1800 ; Pahari miniatures from the 17th to 19th centuries, including two illustrations from the 'Shangri' Ramayana and a ragamala illustration, possibly a variation of Sindhava Putra of Sri, Basholi, c. 1690-1700 ; Persian miniatures from the 15th to 20th centuries, including a prince returning from the hunt, by Muhammadi, Khurusan, c. 1570 ; a prince hawking, by Muhammadi, Khurusan, c. 1570 ; Piran slain by Guarz, Bukhara, c. 1570-80 ; four young scholars in discussion, by Muhammad Murad Samarkandi, Bukhara/Khurusan, early seventeenth century ; an assembly of Armenian ladies, Persia, late eighteenth century ; and a young mother clasping a naked child, Qajar, c. 1830 ; Arabic, Armenian, Burmese, Indian, Persian and Turkish manuscripts and calligraphy, including an album of shikasteh calligraphy by the scribe Mirza Kutchek, Qajar, third quarter of nineteenth century ; a Qur'an, Andalucia or North Africa, twelfth-thirteenth century ; and a Qur'an, Shiraz, second half of sixteenth century ; Persian and Indian lacquer, including a Persian mirror-case by Shah Najaf, Qajar, dated 1270/1853, and a Persian mirror-case in the style of Muhammad Isma'il, Qajar, c. 1860 [Sales Catalogue]
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Sotheby's (Firm)
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1977 |
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Number of Holdings: 2.
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125 |
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Catalogue of fine Oriental miniatures and manuscripts: comprising Mughal miniatures from the 17th to the 19th century, including a portrait of an elderly mullah, Mughal, second half of seventeenth century ; Deccani, central Indian and Rajasthani miniatures from the 15th to the 19th century, including a prince surrounded by beautiful maidens, Datia, mid-eighteenth century ; a ragamala illustration, Mewar, c. 1690 ; Pahari miniatures from the 18th to the 19th century, including an illustration to the Sat Sai of Bihari, Garhwal, c. 1810 ; Persian and Arabic calligraphy and illumination from the 9th to the 19th century ; Persian and Turkish miniatures and drawings, including a miniature after Titian, Isfahan, c. 1675, and a portrait of Hajji Mirza Aqasi, signed by Muhammad Hasan Afshar, Qajar, dated 1845 ; Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Indian, Burmese, Tibetan and Ethiopic manuscripts from the 15th to the 19th century, including an illuminated Qur'an, Turkey, c. 1470 ; Persian lacquer pen-boxes and mirror-cases including a pen box signed by Mustafa, Qajar, dated 1882. [Sales Catalogue]
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Sotheby's (Firm)
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1979 |
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Number of Holdings: 1.
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126 |
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Catalogue of fine Oriental miniatures, manuscripts and Persian lacquer: comprising Persian miniatures from the fourteenth to nineteenth century, including one leaf from an Inju-style Shahnama, Shiraz, c.1341 ; an elderly man lies prostrate upon a couch, Bukhara, third quarter of sixteenth century ; a prince seated upon a gold hexagonal throne, Tabriz/Qazwin, mid-sixteenth century ; a young nobleman, by Mu'in, Isfahan, dated 1087/1676 ; Nawab Jalal al-Dawla, by Mubarak ibn Muhammad Al-Qajar, Qajar, c.1860 ; Arabic, Burmese, Ethiopic, Indian, Indonesian, Persian and Turkish manuscripts and calligraphy, including Assar's Mihr u Mushtari, Turkman, dated 822/1419 ; Firdausi's Shahnama, illustrated with forty-two miniatures, Qazwin dated 973/1565 ; Nizami's Khamsa, illustrated with thirty-four miniatures in Isfahan style, Andizhan dated 1003/1595 to 1005/1597 ; Luft Ali Ibn Aka Khan's Atashkadah, Qajar, dated 1216/1801 ; Persian and Kashmiri lacquer, including a pen-box in the style of Ali Ashraf, Persia dated 1165/1752 ; a mirror-case by Muhammad Isma'il, Qajar, dated 1274/1857 ; a pen-box by Abd Al-Rahim Isfahani, Qajar, dated 1322/1904 [Sales Catalogue]
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Sotheby's (Firm)
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1976 |
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Number of Holdings: 1.
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127 |
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Catalogue of fine Oriental miniatures, manuscripts and Qajar paintings: including Company school natural history drawings, Mughal miniatures from the 16th to 19th century, including a leaf from a manuscript of the Tuti Nama, c. 1570-80 ; the army of Sultan Mahmud storming the fortress of Bhim, c. 1585-90 ; Deccani, central Indian, Rajasthani and Pahari miniatures from the 15th to 19th century, including a portrait of Abdullah Qutb Shah, Golconda c. 1650-60 ; a portrait of Raja Arjun Singh, Kotah, c. 1720-25 ; four maidens worshipping Devi, Mandi, c. 1820 ; Persian miniatures from the 15th to 19th century, including the Prophet 'Ali, by Farhad, a leaf from a manuscript of the Khawaran Nama of Ibn Husam, Turkman, dated 881/1476-7 ; a prince returning from a hunting expedition, Qazwin, c. 1580 ; Qajar paintings, including two portraits of female musicians in the style of Abu'l-Qasim, c. 1820 ; a portrait of Muhammad Mirza, by Sayyid Mirza, c. 1829 ; a young lady holding a cup of wine, c. 1820 ; the Virgin and the Child attributed to Muhammad Hasan, c. 1820 ; a young couple standing arm in arm, c. 1840 ; a legendary warrior, mid-nineteenth century ; Arabic, Indian, Persian and Turkish manuscripts and calligraphy, including two Qur'an leaves on blue vellum, Arabic ninth century ; a Qur'an section, Andalucia or North Africa, thirteenth-fourteenth century ; an illustrated Yusuf u Zulaykha by Firdausi, Baghdad or Shiraz, c. 1450 ; an album of Mughal portraits, Golconda, c. 1700 ; an illustrated Shahid u Mashud by Muhammad Azima, Delhi or Murshidabad, dated 1164/1750 ; Persian lacquer, including a fine mirror-case executed by Muhammad Ali Ashraf, dated 1169/1756 ; a pen-box by Sayid Mirza, Qajar c. 1820-30 [Sales Catalogue]
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Sotheby's (Firm)
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1976 |
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Number of Holdings: 1.
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128 |
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Catalogue of fine Oriental miniatures, manuscripts and an important Qur'an: comprising Kalighat paintings ; Mughal, Deccani, central Indian miniatures from the 17th to 19th centuries, including a portrait of Shah Jahan receiving his son Prince Dara Shikoh, Golconda, late 17th century ; Krishna riding a composite elephant, Golconda, late 17th century ; Pahari miniatures from the 17th to 19th centuries, including the goddess Kali astride her tiger, Kulu, c. 1750 ; Raja Shermer Sen anointed and praised by courtiers, Mandi, mid 18th century ; Persian and Turkish miniatures from the fifteenth to twentieth century, including several leaves from the Majma al-Tavarikh, Herat, c. 1423 ; a portrait of Sultan Uthman III, Turkey, c. 1755 and a portrait of Nur 'Ali Shah, Qajar, c. 1830-40 ; Arabic, Batak, Burmese, Ethiopic, Indian, Persian and Turkish manuscripts and calligraphy, including a Qur'an by the scribe Yaqut al-Musta'simi, Baghdad dated 681/1282 ; Sa'di's Kulliyat by the scribe Shah Mahmud al-Nishapuri, Persia dated 936/1530 ; Nizami's Khamsa illustrated with thirty-three miniatures attributed to Shah Qasim, Herat, dated 1024/1615 and Hafiz's Diwan, Shiraz, early seventeenth century ; Persian and Indian lacquer, including a casket, provincial Mughal, first half of seventeenth century and a pen-box by Muhammad Isma'il, Qajar, dated 1279/1862 [Sales Catalogue]
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Sotheby's (Firm)
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1977 |
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Number of Holdings: 1.
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129 |
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Catalogue of fine Oriental miniatures, manuscripts, Qajar paintings and lacquer: Persian and Arabic calligraphy and illumination from the 14th to the 19th century ; Persian miniatures and drawings, including a portrait of Fath Ali Shah by Muhammad Hassan, dated AD 1818, and a portrait of Mirza Muhammad Khan by 'Abbas Quli, dated AD 1855 ; a fine Qajar oil painting of Abbas Mirza by Abdullah Khan, dated AD 1807, and a portrait of a girl musician attributed to Muhammad, Qajar, c. 1840 ; Burmese, Ethiopic, Persian, Arabic and Turkish manuscripts, including a Turkish anthology with court portraits, dated AD 1588, and a mid-16th century Qur'an with two illuminated Mamluk leaves, dated AD 1307 ; Persian lacquer mirror-cases, caskets, and pen-boxes, including an important documented pen-bow painted in 1847 by the painter laureate, and completed by Jala'ir in AD 1853 ; Mughal miniatures from the 17th to 19th century, including a portrait of an officer, Mughal, c. 1650 ; Deccani, central Indian and Rajasthani miniatures from the 15th to 19th century, including a fine equestrian portrait, Sawar, c. 1700, Pahari miniatures from the 17th to 19th century, including a portrait of Maharaja Uget Sen, Suket, c. 1850 ; an illustration to the Ramayana, Mankot, c. 1700 [Sales Catalogue]
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Sotheby's (Firm)
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1978 |
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Number of Holdings: 1.
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130 |
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Catalogue of fine Oriental miniatures, manuscripts, Qajar paintings and lacquer: comprising Mughal miniatures from the 17th to 19th century, including an allegorical miniature representing Aurangzeb's fight against evil, Mughal late seventeenth century ; a portrait of a lady on a terrace, by Sital Das, Lucknow, c. 1760 ; Durbar of Akbar II, Delhi, c. 1820 ; Deccani, central Indian and Rajasthani miniatures from the 17th to 19th century, including a portrait of a maiden leading a young gazelle, by 'Ali Jafar, Bijapur, c. 1630-40 ; an illustration from a Ragamala series by Ruknuddin, Bikaner, dated 1694 ; Pahari miniatures from the 17th to 19th century, including a portrait of a prince, Bandralta, c. 1700 ; an illustration from the Ramayana, Kangra, c. 1775-80 ; an illustration from the 'Shangri' Ramayana, Kulu, c. 1700-1710 ; Persian and Arabic calligraphy and illumination from the 9th to the 20th century, Persian and Turkish miniatures and drawings, including a fine Timurid miniature, Herat, mid-15th century ; Qajar oil paintings, including a portrait of a prince in the style of Muhammad Hasan, Qajar, c. 1820 ; Burmese, Ethiopic, Armenian, Persian, Arabic and Turkish manuscripts from the 9th to the 19th century ; Persian lacquer mirror-cases, pen-boxes, and caskets, including a fine pen-box signed by Muhammad Ismail, Qajar, dated A.D. 1860 ; a fine Qajar Qur'an with lacquer binding by Muhammad Hasan, Qajar, dated 1838. [Sales Catalogue]
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Sotheby's (Firm)
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1979 |
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Number of Holdings: 1.
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131 |
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Catalogue of fine Oriental miniatures, manuscripts and printed books: comprising calligraphy from the 9th to the 19th century, including a Qur'an leaf in gold kufic, Arabic, 12th century ; Indian miniatures from the 15th to the 19th century, including four illustrations to the Bhagavata Purana, Mankot or Jammu, c. 1750 ; Persian and Turkish miniatures from the 15th to the 20th century, including an illustrated leaf from the Zafarnama of 1436 ; nineteenth-century Persian and Kashmiri lacquer, including a mirror-case signed by Ahmad, dated 1859 ; Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Armenian, Ethiopic and South East Asian manuscripts and printed books from the 12th to the 19th century, including an illuminated Qur'an, Mamluk, second half of 14th century ; al-Biruni's treatise on the astrolabe with numerous diagrams, Seljuk, Sivas, dated 1231 ; a genealogical scroll, Jerusalem, c. 1486 ; Nizam's Khamsa, illustrated with sixteen miniatures, Shiraz dated 1521 ; an illuminated Armenian bible with approximately forty-three miniatures, New Julfa, Isfahan? dated 1651 and/or 1661 [Sales Catalogue]
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Sotheby's (Firm)
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1982 |
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Number of Holdings: 1.
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132 |
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Catalogue of fine Western and Oriental manuscripts and miniatures: comprising the property of the Dowager Marchioness of Reading, the property of Sir Richard Brooke, the property of Dr Eva Short, the property of David M. Wacher, Esq., the property of the Education Trust, Ltd. (Bembridge School) ; and including a medical manuscript in Anglo-Saxon ; the early 15th century Flaunden missal ; a book of devotions magnificently decorated in the atelier of Philippe de Mazerolles ; fine books of hours executed in Paris, Bourges, Le Mans, the Valley of the Loire, Flanders and Italy ; a Cicero written by Bartolomeo Sanvito for Cardinal Raphael Riario ; manuscripts by Graily Hewitt ; also a collection of Persian miniatures, the property of Mrs M. Clifton, etc. [Sales Catalogue]
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Sotheby's (Firm)
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1956 |
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Number of Holdings: 1.
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133 |
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Catalogue of fine Western and Oriental manuscripts and miniatures: comprising the property of the Dowager Marchioness of Reading, the property of Sir Richard Brooke, the property of Dr Eva Short, the property of David M. Wacher, Esq., the property of the Education Trust, Ltd. (Bembridge School) ; and including a medical manuscript in Anglo-Saxon ; the early 15th century Flaunden missal ; a book of devotions magnificently decorated in the atelier of Philippe de Mazerolles ; fine books of hours executed in Paris, Bourges, Le Mans, the Valley of the Loire, Flanders and Italy ; a Cicero written by Bartolomeo Sanvito for Cardinal Raphael Riario ; manuscripts by Graily Hewitt ; also a collection of Persian miniatures, the property of Mrs M. Clifton, etc. [Sales Catalogue]
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Sotheby's (Firm)
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1956 |
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Number of Holdings: 1.
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134 |
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Catalogue of important Oriental manuscripts and miniatures: the property of the Hagop Kevorkian Fund : comprising calligraphy and illumination, including 9th-10th century Qur'an leaves ; a page of nasta'liq calligraphy by Shah Mahmud Nishapuri, Tabriz, second quarter of sixteenth century ; Persian miniatures from the 13th to the 19th century, including a leaf from the Manafi al-Hayawan, c. 1300 ; a lion by Riza-I 'Abbasi, Isfahan, c. 1630 ; a young prince holding a thin cane, by Mu'in, Isfahan dated 1063/1652 ; an elderly man addresses Shah Abbas II, attributed to Muhammad Zaman, Isfahan, c. 1660-70 ; an ibex, by Mirza Baba, Qajar, c. 1800 ; a rose bush, by Muhammad Hadi, Qajar, c. 1800 ; Mughal miniatures from the 16th to the 19th century, including the tragic and violent termination of an illicit romance, 1595 ; ladies of Zenana, c. 1600 ; an illustration to the Razmnama, c. 1616 ; Deccani, Rajasthani and Pahari miniatures from the 17th to the 19th century, including an ascetic outside a cave, Deccan, 1680-1700 ; a prince eating pan and smoking a hookah, Jammu, c. 1780 ; Arabic, Indian and Persian manuscripts, including the Tabbagh Majma al-Tawarikh, Herat, c. 1425 ; a profusely illustrated Shahnama, Turkman dated 890/1485 ; Jami's Subhat al-Abrar, Bukhara, dated 935/1529 ; an illustrated Shahnama, Shiraz, c. 1550-60 ; Armenian manuscripts from the 13th to the 18th century, including an illuminated breviary for King Leo II/III, Cilician Armenia, thirteenth-fourteenth century [Sales Catalogue]
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Sotheby's (Firm)
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1977 |
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Number of Holdings: 1.
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135 |
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Catalogue of important Oriental manuscripts and miniatures: the property of the Hagop Kevorkian Fund : calligraphy and illumination from the 9th to the 19th century, including one specimen by Sultan Muhammad Nur, probably Tabriz, first quarter of sixteenth century ; Persian and Turkish miniatures from the 14th to the 19th century, including one leaf from the 'Small Shahnama' manuscript, c. 1340, one leaf from the 'Demotte' Shahnama, Tabriz, c. 1330-1350 ; a maiden stands facing right, Isfahan, c. 1630-40 ; a young prince picnicking, attributed to Muhammad Qasim, Isfahan, mid-seventeenth century, and an amorous couple, by Mu'in, Isfahan, dated 1089/1678 ; Mughal miniatures from the 16th to the 19th century, including three leaves from an album made for Shah Jahan during his princehood, Mughal, early seventeenth century ; an imaginary assembly of Mughal emperors by Hashim, Mughal, dated 1064/1653 ; nineteen miniatures from the Murray album, including a portrait of Hakim al-Mulk, by Murad, Mughal, c. 1630-40 ; Deccani and Rajput miniatures from the 17th to the 19th century ; Arabic, Indian, Persian and Turkish manuscripts from the 14th to the 17th century, including al-Jazari's Book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices, Egypt or Syria, dated 715/1315 ; Khwaju Kirmani's Khamsa, Turkman, c. 1460-70 ; Nizami's Khamsa, Shiraz, c. 1510-20 ; Nizami's Khamsa, Turkey, dated 935/1529 ; Sa'di's Bustan with two miniatures attributed to Shaykhzada, Herat or Tabriz, c. 1525, Firdausi's Shahnama illustrated with sixty-two miniatures, Khurusan, dated 101/1602 ; and Washi's Farhad u Shirin, with four miniatures attributed to Muhammad Qasim, Isfahan, dated 1046/1636 ; Armenian manuscripts from the 16th to the 17th century, including the Four Gospels copied and illuminated by Yovanes of Khizan, Khizan, dated 1620/21 [Sales Catalogue]
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Sotheby's (Firm)
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1978 |
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Number of Holdings: 1.
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136 |
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Catalogue of important Oriental manuscripts and miniatures: the property of the Hagop Kevorkian Fund : calligraphy and illumination from the 8th to the 19th century, including two Qur'an leaves in ma'il script, Medina, eighth century ; Persian miniatures from the 14th to the 19th century, including a leaf from the 'Demotte' Shahnama, Tabriz, c. 1330-1350 ; a shepherd, signed by Mu'in Musawwir, Isfahan, dated 1676 ; Mughal miniatures from the 16th to the 19th century, including three leaves from an album executed for Shah Jahan during his princehood, Mughal, c. 1600-1610 ; an illustration from an historical manuscript, Mughal, c. 1610 ; four illustrations from the Razmnama, Mughal, c.1616 ; a portrait of Mehdi Quli Khan by Ram Das, Mughal, c. 1660 ; Deccani, Rajasthani and Pahari miniatures from the 17th to the 19th century, including an illustration from a Ragamala series, Mewar, c. 1680 ; Arabic, Persian and Turkish manuscripts from the 14th to the 19th century, including an autograph anthology by Jajarmi, Tabriz, dated 1340 ; Musa's Ghazaliyyat with three miniatures, school of Bihzad, Herat, last quarter of fifteenth century ; an illustrated Turkman Khamsa, Shiraz, dated 1503 ; an illustrated manuscript commissioned by the Mughal Prince Kamran, Bukhara, c. 1550 ; Firdausi's Shahnama illustrated with seventy-six miniatures, Khurasan, probably Herat, c. 1570 ; Armenian manuscripts from the 15th to 17th century, including the Four Gospels copied and illuminated by Nikoghayos of Kaffa, Crimea, dated 1658, in a silver binding by Eghia. [Sales Catalogue]
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Sotheby's (Firm)
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1979 |
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Number of Holdings: 1.
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137 |
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Catalogue of important Oriental manuscripts and miniatures: the property of the Hagop Kevorkian Fund : calligraphy from the 9th to the 19th century, including a page signed by Ali Al- Katib from a royal album commissioned by Shah Jahan, Mughal, c. 1650 ; Persian miniatures from the 14th to the 19th century, including a portrait of a pensive youth, signed by Riza-I Abbasi, Isfahan, early seventeenth century ; a watercolour of a dervish, signed Isma'il Jala'ir, Qajar, c. 1860 ; Mughal miniatures from the 16th to 19th century, including an illustration to the Baburnama, Mughal, c. 1590 ; two leaves from an album executed for Shah Jahan during his princehood, Mughal, early seventeenth century ; a holy man listening to a winged archangel, Mughal, c. 1610-20 ; Deccani and Rajput miniatures from the 17th to 19th century, including a full-length portrait of Abdullah Qutb Shah, Golconda, c. 1650-60 ; Arabic, Persian and Turkish manuscripts from the 14th to the 19th century including Tali' (horoscope) of Sultan Az-Zahir Abu Sa'id Qansuh, Mamluk dated 1498 ; an early sixteenth-century Persian manuscript of Nizami illustrated with six Turkish miniatures, c. 1520 ; Firdausi's Shahnama illustrated with eighty small miniatures, Shiraz, c. 1550 ; Jami's Subhat al-Abrar illustrated with two miniatures, Bukhara dated 1535 ; Hatifi's Timurnama illustrated with five miniatures, Herat dated 1582 [Sales Catalogue]
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Sotheby's (Firm)
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1980 |
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Shelf Location: LEC.
Number of Holdings: 1.
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138 |
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Catalogue of important Oriental miniatures and manuscripts: the property of the Hagop Kevorkian Fund : comprising calligraphy and illumination, including 10th century Qur'an leaves, Persian and Mughal illumination ; Persian miniatures from the 13th to the 19th century, including a leaf from the Manafi al-Hayawan, c. 1300 ; a leaf from a Shahnama, Shiraz c. 1570 ; a youth and a lion resting in a landscape, by Mu'in, Isfahan, dated 1629 ; a portrait of a young nobleman holding a staff, by Riza-i 'Abbasi, Isfahan, c. 1630 ; a rose bush in full bloom, by Muhammad Baqir, Qajar c. 1800 ; Mughal miniatures from the 16th to 19th century, including two leaves from the Baburnama, c. 1590 ; Noah seated in the Ark with his family and animals, late sixteenth century ; a leaf from the 'Victoria and Albert' Akbarnama, c. 1595-1600 ; Deccani, central Indian, Rajasthani and Pahari miniatures from the 17th to 19th century, including a portrait of Abdullah Qutb Shah, Golconda, mid-seventeenth century ; a miniature from the Malwa Rasikapriya series of 1634 ; Persian and Arabic manuscripts, including a Qur'an section, Mamluk, fourteenth century ; the Stephens Shahnama, Shiraz, c. 1330-40 ; an illustrated Shahnama, provincial Persia or Western India, dated 878/1437 ; a profusely illustrated Shahnama, Tabriz, dated 912/1506 ; a compendium of epics, Qazwin, dated 976/1568-9 ; an illustrated astrological treatise, Mughal, dated 991/1583 ; Armenian manuscripts from the 16th and 17th centuries, including a Bible in Armenian, New Julfa, Isfahan, dated 1637/8 [Sales Catalogue]
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Sotheby's (Firm)
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1976 |
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Number of Holdings: 1.
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139 |
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Catalogue of important Western and Oriental manuscripts, drawings and autograph letters and some printed books: the property of A.M.W. Curzon-Howe-Herrick, Esq., the Marquis of Dufferin and Ava, the Hon. Basil Feilding, G.M.T. Foljambe, Esq., H.S.H. Prince Nicolai Lieven, the Plainsong and Mediaeval Music Society, H.I.H. Prince Ali Vassib of Turkey, the Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Willink, Bt., and others ; including an early Timurid manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnama, c. 1436 ; a fine album of Indian paintings, Delhi, 1836 ; the original drawings of Colen Campbell's Vitruvius Britannicus, 1715 ; a large-paper copy of Redoutés 'Les roses' with the plates in two states, 1817-24 ; forty-six letters written by Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, 1787-96 ; a fine Flemish manuscript book of hours, c. 1460 ; the Herrick papers ; and the celebrated Warwick MSS of Sir Fulke Greville's Poems and dramas. [Sales Catalogue]
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Christie, Manson & Woods
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1968 |
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Shelf Location: LEC.
Number of Holdings: 1.
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140 |
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Catalogue of Oriental manuscripts and miniatures, including the earliest known Nizami, dated 1386-1388, and Hebrew manuscripts: the property of the Dunraven Limerick Estates Company, Brigadier Lord Skelmersdale, D.S.O., M.C., the most hon. the Dowager Marchioness of Tweeddale, and the Trustees of the late Marquess of Tweeddale, and others [Sales Catalogue]
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Christie, Manson & Woods
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1970 |
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Shelf Location: LEC.
Number of Holdings: 2.
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