| Corporate Author |
Sotheby's (Firm) |
| Title |
Arts of the Islamic world : including 20th century Middle Eastern painting |
| Publisher |
London : Sotheby's, 2001 |
| Physical desc. |
202 pages (1 folded) ; colour illustrations ; 28 cm. |
| Note |
03/05/2001 |
| Reference to CB manuscripts: p. 15, lot 9 (Qur'an leaf with the reverse leaf from another Qur'an [illustrations included for both [Is 1436 and Is 1609]); p. 17, lot 11 (Is 1613); p. 20, lot 12 (early use of paper in the Ibn al-Bawwab Qur'an, Is 1431); p. 25, lot 14 (resemblance to Is 1501 & Is 1502); p. 56, lot 54 (folio from volume 4 of a manuscript of the Siyar-i-Nabi, Life of the Prophet: 'Prophet Muhammad and the Muslim army at the battle of Uhud'; 'Numbered 132 in red in the outer margin, the present leaf would have been located between folios 364 and 371 of the Chester Beatty volume' [T 419]; entry lists the whereabouts of the other volumes, and focuses on volume 4: 'The exact movements of volume IV since its completion in 1594 are uncertain, but by June 1939 it had surfaced in Cairo, where about 53 leaves were detached and sold to various collectors, principally Major R.G. Gayer-Anderson Pasha. [...] By the time Chester Beatty was able to acquire volume IV, it was already lacking a considerable number of leaves'. Entry also lists dates and auctions where those leaves were sold [this leaf, previously sold at the Sotheby's London sale, 29 April 1998, lot 53]); p. 62, lot 59 (related to Per 242, f. 5); p. 74, lot 73 (other extant versions of the Akbarnama [In 03]); p. 78, lot 76 (Razmnama [In 55]). |
| Bookmarked throughout. |
| Date & place of sale |
Thursday 3 May 2001, London |
| Subject |
Qur'an -- Manuscripts -- Catalogs |
| Shahnama -- Illustrations -- Catalogs |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 55 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Is 1436 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Is 1609 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Is 1613 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- T 419 |
| Islamic art -- Catalogs |
| Islamic decorative arts -- Catalogs |
| Islamic art objects -- Catalogs |
| Islamic jewelry -- Catalogs |
| Islamic metal-work -- Catalogs |
| Islamic weapons -- Catalogs |
| Islamic pottery -- Catalogs |
| Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts -- Catalogs |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian -- Catalogs |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, Mogul Empire -- Catalogs |
| Manuscripts, Arabic -- Catalogs |
| Manuscripts, Persian -- Catalogs |
| Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- Middle East -- Catalogs |
