| Corporate Author |
Sotheby's (Firm) |
| Title |
Catalogue of Oriental manuscripts and miniatures : including Mughal miniatures of the 17th to 19th century, including a portrait of a European lady, c. 1660-80, and a 17th-century portrait of a girl of the Mughal court ; eight miniatures from a ragamala series, Bikaner, dated 1685 ; Deccani, Rajasthani, and central Indian miniatures of the 18th and 19th century ; Company school pictures ; Pahari miniatures in the styles of Guler, Kangra and Mandi ; Persian painted lacquer panels and pen-boxes including a pen-box by Muhammad Isma'il, dated 1861-2 ; Persian miniatures of the 15th to 19th century, including three illustrations from a manuscript of Hafiz-i Abru's Majma'al- Tavarikh, Herat c.1425 ; and miniatures of the Qazwin, Bukhara, Shiraz, Isfahan and Qajar schools ; Armenian, Ethiopic, Syriac, Burmese, Malay, Arabic and Persian manuscripts, including illuminated Qur'ans of the 16th century |
| Publisher |
London : Sotheby & Co., 1970 |
| Physical desc. |
63 pages, 17 pages of plates ; illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Note |
09/12/1970 |
| Including property of Mrs. U. Ovadia, P.T. Sherring-Lucas, Ronald Markham, and others. |
| Includes a loosely inserted printed list of prices and buyers' names. |
| Images from three leaves of plates have been cut out. |
| Reference to CB manuscripts: p. 52, lot 234 (Per 276). |
| Date & place of sale |
Wednesday 9 December 1970, London |
| Person as subject |
Ovadia, U. -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| Sherring-Lucas, P.T. -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| Markham, Ronald -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| Subject |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Per 276 |
| Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts -- Catalogs |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts -- Catalogs |
