| Corporate Author |
Sotheby's (Firm) |
| Title |
Arts of the Islamic world : including fine carpets and textiles |
| Publisher |
London : Sotheby's, 2009 |
| Physical desc. |
184 pages ; colour illustrations ; 28 cm. |
| Note |
07/10/2009 |
| Reference to CB manuscripts: p. 8, lot 1 (examples of early use of paper, Is 1431, Qur'an of Ibn al-Bawwab); p. 15, lot 12 (similar to Per 126, Sad Kalima); p. 27, lot 28 (Hafiz-I Abru's Majma al-Tawarikh, 'Herat, Persia, circa 1425'; 'Illustrated leaves from this manuscript are in [...] the Chester Beatty Library'). |
| Date & place of sale |
Wednesday 7 October 2009, London |
| Subject |
Qur'an -- Manuscripts -- Catalogs |
| Shahnama -- Illustrations -- Catalogs |
| 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 |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, Ottoman -- Catalogs |
| Manuscripts, Arabic -- Catalogs |
| Manuscripts, Persian -- Catalogs |
| Manuscripts, Arabic (Papyri) -- Catalogs |
| Carpets -- Catalogs |
| Islamic rugs -- Catalogs |
| Rugs, Oriental -- Catalogs |
| Rugs, Persian -- Catalogs |
| Islamic textile fabrics -- Catalogs |
| Scientific apparatus and instruments -- Catalogs |
