| Corporate Author |
Sotheby's (Firm) |
| Title |
Catalogue of fine Oriental miniatures, manuscripts and Qajar paintings : including Mughal miniatures from the 16th to 19th century, including two leaves from a manuscript of the Tuti Nama, Mughal c. 1570-80 ; an illustration to an important historical manuscript depicting Sultan Mahmud pausing near a river, Mughal c. 1580-90 ; Deccani, central Indian, Rajasthani and Pahari miniatures, including an illustration to the Bhagavata purana, Malwa or Mewar c. 1540-60 ; an important documentary picture of Sansar Chand attacking Kangra, dated 1782 ; Persian and Turkish miniatures from the 14th to 19th century, including four leaves from the Kalilah wa Dimnah, Shiraz 1333 ; four leaves from a "small Shahnama" manuscript, Shiraz c. 1340 ; two leaves from an Inju-style Shahnama, Shiraz, dated 1341 ; five leaves from a Khamsa of Nizami, Shiraz, c. 1440 ; Faridun as a dragon testing his three sons, Shiraz, c. 1550-60 ; an album of Persian characters, Persia, c. 1700 ; an album of four Turkish miniatures, c. 1620 ; Qajar paintings, including a resplendent portrait of Fath 'Ali Shah, attributed to Mihr 'Ali, c. 1810-15 ; a portrait of a daughter of Shahrukh, c. 1830-40 ; two paintings of Yusuf and Zulaykha, mid-nineteenth century ; Persian lacquer and calligraphy, including a pen-box signed by Shah Najaf and dated 1865 ; Arabic, Armenian, Burmese, Ethiopic, Persian and Syriac manuscripts, including a Mengolium dated 1680 ; a genealogy of the Sultans of Turkey, c. 1640-50 |
| Publisher |
London : Sotheby & Co., 1975 |
| Physical desc. |
78 pages, 43 unnumbered pages of plates (1 folded) |
| illustrations (2 color) |
| 25 cm. |
| Note |
07/07/1975 |
| Including property of Mr. Lester Wolfe, Mrs. C. Bonner, William Gout, R.S. Pocklington, and others. |
| Reference to CB manuscripts: p. 8, lots 10-11 (In 21); p. 13-15, lots 21-24 (Per 104); p. 16-17, lots 25-26 (Per 110); p. 31, lot 70 (similarities with T 439). |
| Date & place of sale |
Monday 7 July 1975, London |
| Person as subject |
Wolfe, Lester -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| Bonner, C. -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| Gout, William -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| Pocklington, R.S. -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| Subject |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 21 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Per 104 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Per 110 |
| Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts -- Catalogs |
| Miniature painting, Mogul -- Catalogs |
| Miniature painting, Iranian -- Catalogs |
| Painting, Iranian -- Catalogs |
