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1 Arts of the Islamic world [Sales Catalogue] Sotheby's (Firm) 2002   Shelf Location: LEC.
Number of Holdings: 1.
2 Catalogue of fine Oriental manuscripts, miniatures and Qajar lacquer: comprising calligraphy from the 9th to the 20th century, including an album page signed by Fath Ali Shah, Qajar, c. 1830 ; Persian and Ottoman miniatures from the 15th to the 20th century ; Persian, Arabic, Ottoman, Ethiopic, Indian and South-East Asian manuscripts and printed books from the 15th to the 19th century, including Ulugh Beg's Zij-i Sultani (astronomical tables), Herat or Samarqand, c. 1447-49 ; a fifteenth-century illuminated Mamluk prayer scroll ; an illuminated Qur'an written by the scribe Yusuf Bin Abdullah, Ottoman, dated 1575 ; Persian lacquer, including a pen-box signed by Muhammad Isma'il, Qajar, 1865 ; Mughal miniatures from the 16th to 19th century, including two illustrations to the Jami al-Tavarikh, Mughal, c. 1596-1600 ; a series of portraits collected by William Fraser, Delhi, c. 1800 ; Deccani and Rajasthani miniatures from the 16th to 19th century, including violets with variegated leaves, by Muhammad Taqi, Deccan or Persia, dated 1666 A.D.; a Ragamala illustration, Bundi, c. 1591 ; Pahari miniatures from the 18th to 19th century, including two illustrations to the Bhagavata Purana, Kangra, c. 1780 ; an illustration to the Gita Govinda, Kangra, c. 1820-25 ; a portrait of a princess, Guler, c. 1770 [Sales Catalogue] Sotheby's (Firm) 1980   Shelf Location: LEC.
Number of Holdings: 1.
3 Catalogue of fine Oriental manuscripts, miniatures and Qajar lacquer: comprising a collection of Company school watercolours executed for William Fraser, c. 1810-20 ; a portrait of Bahadur Shah II by Ghulam 'Ali Khan, Company school dated 1838-39 ; Mughal miniatures from the 16th to the 19th century, including a drawing of an elephant by Nanha, Mughal, c. 1615 ; four illustrations to the Razmnama, Mughal, c. 1598 ; Deccani, central Indian, Rajasthani and Pahari miniatures from the 17th to the 19th century, including a princess choosing jewellery, Kangra, c. 1800-10 ; a pensive princess comforted by two female companions, Basohli, c. 1770-80 ; calligraphy from the 9th to the 20th century, including a blue vellum Qur'an leaf, Qa'rawan, early tenth century ; an illuminated Qur'an leaf in kufic script, Iraq or Persia, eleventh century ; Persian and Ottoman miniatures from the 15th to the 20th century, including an album page with two Safavid drawings, Isfahan, late sixteenth/early seventeenth century ; a portrait of a youth, attributed to Riza-I Abbasi, Isfahan, early seventeenth century ; Persian, Arabic, Ottoman, Ethiopic, Indian and South-East Asian manuscripts and printed books from the 14th to the 20th century, including Rashid Al-Din's Jami al-Tawarikh (World history), illustrated with one hundred miniatures, written by order of the Il-Khanid ruler Uljaytu at the Rashidiya scriptorium, Tabriz dated 1314 ; an illuminated Qur'an copied by the scribe Mir Munshi, Bukhara, dated 1558 ; Persian lacquer including a pen-box signed by Najaf, Qajar, c. 1840 [Sales Catalogue] Sotheby's (Firm) 1980   Shelf Location: LEC.
Number of Holdings: 1.
4 Catalogue of fine Oriental manuscripts, miniatures and Qajar lacquer: comprising Mughal miniatures from the 16th to 19th century, including two illustrations to the Jami al-Tavarikh, Mughal, c. 1596-1600 ; a portrait by Govardhan, Mughal, early seventeenth century; Deccani and central Indian miniatures from the 16th to 19th century, including a portrait of the minister Saif al-Mulk leading a hunting party, Hyderabad, second half of eighteenth century ; Rajasthani and Pahari miniatures from the 17th to 19th century, including a holy man eating a boar's head in the presence of a Mughal emperor, Kishangarh, c. 1740 ; a portrait of Maharana Sangram Singh, Mewar, c. 1720 ; calligraphy and illumination from the 14th to the 20th century ; Persian miniatures from the 14th to the 19th century, including a portrait of a standing youth, signed by Riza-I Abbasi, Isfahan, c. 1625 ; Persian, Arabic, Ottoman, Armenian, Indian and South-East Asian manuscripts and printed books from the 14th to the 19th century, including Sa'di's Kulliyat illustrated with eight miniatures in the court Turkman style, c. 1460-70 ; Nizami's Khamsa illustrated with twenty-four miniatures, Qazwin/Mashhad dated 1580 ; Firdausi's Shahnama, illustrated with twenty-four miniatures, Qazwin/Mashhad, dated 1580 ; the Four gospels in Armenian, copied and illuminated by Karapet of Berkri, S.E. Turkey, fifteenth century ; Persian lacquer, including a mirror-case in the style of Najaf, Qajar dated 1858 [Sales Catalogue] Sotheby's (Firm) 1980   Shelf Location: LEC.
Number of Holdings: 1.
5 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] Sotheby's (Firm) 1977   Shelf Location: LEC.
Number of Holdings: 2.
6 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] Sotheby's (Firm) 1979   Shelf Location: LEC.
Number of Holdings: 1.
7 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] Sotheby's (Firm) 1976   Shelf Location: LEC.
Number of Holdings: 1.
8 Catalogue of fine Oriental miniatures, manuscripts, Qajar paintings and lacquer: Persian miniatures, manuscripts, Qajar paintings and lacquer [Sales Catalogue] Sotheby's (Firm) 1977   Shelf Location: LEC.
Number of Holdings: 1.
9 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] Sotheby's (Firm) 1978   Shelf Location: LEC.
Number of Holdings: 1.
10 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] Sotheby's (Firm) 1979   Shelf Location: LEC.
Number of Holdings: 1.
11 Catalogue of Oriental manuscripts and miniatures: Indian miniatures from the 16th to the 19th century, including a fragment from a manuscript of Husain Va'iz Kashifi's Anvar-i Suhaili with two miniatures, Mughal, c. 1565-70 ; Persian miniatures from the 15th to the 19th century, including a young lady reclining against a cushion, signed by Mu'in Musawwir, Isfahan, dated 1678 ; Persian lacquer from the 17th to the 19th century, including a mirror-case, style of Shafi Abbasi, late seventeenth century ; calligraphy from the 9th to the 19th century, including a berat of Sultan Ahmed III, Constantinople, dated 1715 ; a vellum Qur'an leaf in kufic in gold, Qairawan, tenth century ; Arabic, Persian and South East Asian manuscripts from the 14th to the 19th century, including a Qur'an copied by Ahmad al-Tabrizi, Qajar, dated 1860 ; al-Sami fi al-Asami (encyclopaedia of names) in contemporary brown morocco binding, Konya, dated 1419 [Sales Catalogue] Sotheby's (Firm) 1987   Shelf Location: LEC.
Number of Holdings: 1.
12 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 [Sales Catalogue] Sotheby's (Firm) 1984   Shelf Location: LEC.
Number of Holdings: 2.
13 Fine Oriental manuscripts and miniatures: comprising Company school and Kalighat watercolours, including an album by Manu Lal, Calcutta, c. 1798 ; an album of portraits of tribesman, Punjab Plains, c. 1848 ; Mughal, Deccani, Rajasthani and Pahari miniatures, including Krishna revered by the gopis, Murshidabad, c. 1780 ; an illustration to the Bhagavata Purana, Bilaspur, c. 1700, Ragamala illustrations, Kangra, c. 1780-90 ; coloured drawings on rice-paper, China, nineteenth century ; Persian miniatures from the 16th to the 19th century, including a double-page frontispiece attributed to Shaykhzadeh, Tabriz, c. 1520 ; a miniature of Iskandar comforting the dying Dara, signed by Mu'in Musavvir, Isfahan, c. 1648-49 ; four early Ottoman bindings formerly in the collection of F.R. Martin, Turkey, second half of fifteenth century ; Arabic, Persian and Turkish manuscripts from the 15th to the 19th century, including a Qur'an fragment written in muhaqqaq script in alternating blue and gold, Mamluk or Ottoman, fifteenth century ; an illuminated Qur'an section, probably Tabriz, dated 1483 ; Nizami's Khamsa, illustrated with twenty-six miniatures in the commercial Turkman style, dated 1486-88 [Sales Catalogue] Sotheby's (Firm) 1983   Shelf Location: LEC.
Number of Holdings: 1.
14 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 [Sales Catalogue] Sotheby's (Firm) 1985   Shelf Location: LEC.
Number of Holdings: 1.
15 Important Oriental manuscripts and miniatures [Sales Catalogue] Sotheby's (Firm) 1984   Number of Holdings: 3.
16 Oriental manuscripts and miniatures: Indian miniatures from the 16th to the 20th century, including seventeen bird drawings from the collection of Lord Valentia, Company school, Calcutta, c.1803 ; a miniature depicting an ascetic revered by a female devotee, Mughal, mid-seventeenth century ; an illustration to the Mahabharata with Vishnu disguised as Mohini decapitating Rahu with a discus, Guler, 1745 ; Persian and Turkish miniatures, including an album containing seventy watercolour drawings of Turkish costumes, Ottoman, eighteenth century ; a painting depicting a performance of the Mevlevi ritual at Galata on the 24th July 1888, Ottoman, c.1888 ; calligraphy, illumination and firmans from the 13th to the 19th century, including an illuminated tughra of Sultan Selim II, Constantinople, c.1567 ; an illuminated tughra of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent, Ottoman, c.1560 ; waqfiyyah of Sokollu Mehmed Pasha with tughra of Sultan Selim II in gold, Ottoman, c.1571-1573 ; Qur'ans and Qur'an leaves from the 9th century to the 19th century, including a vellum Qur'an leaf in kufic in gold, with an illuminated sura heading, the Great Mosque, Qairawan, tenth century ; a Qur'an section written in gold, Seljuk, thirteenth century ; a richly illuminated Qur'an written in alternating blue and gold, Safavid, c.1550 ; a Qur'an attributed to Ahmed Qarahisari, Ottoman, mid-sixteenth century ; Arabic, Persian and Turkish manuscripts from the 13th to the 19th century, including a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnama, illustrated with twenty-five miniatures, Qazwin, c.1560-1565 ; a manuscript of Kashifi's Anwar Suhaili, illustrated with one hundred and nine miniatures, Multan, India, dated 1791 [Sales Catalogue] Sotheby's (Firm) 1989   Shelf Location: LEC.
Number of Holdings: 1.
17 Oriental manuscripts and miniatures: Indian miniatures from the 16th century to the 20th century, including a leaf from a manuscript of the Dastan-i Masih or 'Life of Christ' with a full-page illustration of the woman of Samaria meeting Christ at the well, Mughal, early seventeenth century ; a leaf from a historical manuscript with the emperor Humayun receiving dignitaries while camped outside Qandahar, attributed to the artist Bahman, Mughal, c.1590 ; an illustrations [sic] from the Baburnama with Babur in camp listens [sic] to a petitioner who stands before him to tell his story, by Jamshid Chela, Mughal, c.1590 ; a miniature depicting a black and white goat in a landscape, with her kid prancing before her, Deccan, probably Golconda, c.1670-80 ; an illustration to the Ramayana with a musician playing a vina appealing to Rama, Guler, late eighteenth century ; a royal portrait of Fath 'Ali Shah Qajar dressed in his full court costume, signed by Mihr 'Ali, dated 1810 ; calligraphy and illumination and firmans from the 15th century to the 19th century, including an illuminated firman of Sultan Ahmed II (reigned 1691-1695), written at Erdine, dated 1693 ; a waqfiyya of Shems Bey Fenarizade with the tughra of Sultan Selim II, Ottoman, dated 1517 ; Qur'an and Qur'an leaves from the 9th century to the 19th century, including a Qur'an copied for the treasury of Mehmed the Conqueror, early Ottoman, dated 1454 ; a Qur'an copied by Ahmad bin Yusuf al-Jushi, Mamluk, written at Cairo, dated 1427 ; a large Qur'an copied by Maqsud al-Tabrizi, Persia and Turkey, dated 1555 ; Arabic, Persian and Turkish manuscripts from the 14th century to the 19th century, including a manuscript of Tusi's Arabic version of Ptolemy's Almagest, written at Kashan, dated 1313 [Sales Catalogue] Sotheby's (Firm) 1991   Shelf Location: LEC.
Number of Holdings: 1.
18 Oriental manuscripts and miniatures: Indian miniatures and Company school paintings from the 18th to the 19th century, including natural history illustrations and a scroll painting of the murals of the Daria Daulat Palace at Seringapatam ; Persian and Turkish miniatures, including a Shiraz miniature of c.1580 depicting a scene at the Ka'ba and three Turkish portraits of c.1620 ; Qajar and Ottoman oil paintings, including a portrait of Prince Muhammad Ali Mirza Qajar and a Qajar painting of two court dancers ; a fine selection of Qajar lacquer, including 18th century pen-boxes signed by Mirza Baba and Sadiq ; calligraphy and firmans, including an album page signed by Qarahisari and a gold-decorated Mughal firman ; Qur'ans and Qur'an leaves from the 9th to the 19th century, including a selection of Mamluk Qur'ans, three finely illuminated Safavid Qur'ans, a large illuminated Indian Qur'an, a rare Chinese Qur'an section, and a small Qajar Qur'an written on gazelle skin ; Arabic, Persian and Turkish manuscripts, including a rare maghribi manuscript commissioned by the Almoravid Sultan Ali Ibn Yusuf Ibn Tashufin, three fine illustrated Persian manuscripts, one with miniatures of the school of Bihzad, and a rare Indian manuscript of a mathnavi love poem dated 1750, written and illustrated by the author Muhammad Azima [Sales Catalogue] Sotheby's (Firm) 1993   Number of Holdings: 1.
19 Persian and Islamic art: the collection of the Berkeley Trust [Sales Catalogue] Sotheby's (Firm) 2004   Shelf Location: LEC.
Number of Holdings: 1.
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