| Corporate Author |
Sotheby's (Firm) |
| Title |
The Stuart Cary Welch collection : part one : arts of the Islamic world |
| Publisher |
London : Sotheby's, 2011 |
| Physical desc. |
204 pages ; illustrations ; 28 cm. |
| Note |
06/04/2011 |
| Reference to CB manuscripts: p. 10, lot 1 (example of hijazi script [Is 1615]; p. 18, lot 7 (Qur'an leaf from a dispersed manuscript of which a section is [Is 1424]); p. 28, lot 15 (Qur'an leaf from a dispersed manuscript of which a section is [Is 1436]); p. 30, lot 16 (Mamluk Qur'an related in style with a CB one, dated 1332-36); p. 40, lot 27 (Qur'an bifolium from a dispersed manuscript of which a section is [Is 1609]); p. 44, lot 31 (Persian manuscript comparable to a CB one dated 1435); p. 46, lot 33 ('Small Shahnama', Per 104); p. 52, lot 36 (Persian manuscript comparable to one in the CB); p. 96, lot 81 (Reza Abbasi's work in Per 277); p. 134-135, lot 104 (bifolium from the Panj Ganj [In 20]); p. 138, lot 105 (page from the Late Shah Jahan album [In 07B]); p. 157, lot 118 (floral illumination comparable with [In 07A.19]). |
| Annotated throughout with final sale prices. |
| Date & place of sale |
Wednesday 6 April 2011, London |
| Person as subject |
Welch, Stuart Cary -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| Subject |
Qur'an -- Manuscripts -- Catalogs |
| Shahnama -- Illustrations -- Catalogs |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 07B |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 20 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Is 1424 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Is 1436 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Is 1609 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Per 104 |
| 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 |
| Carpets -- Catalogs |
| Islamic rugs -- Catalogs |
| Rugs, Oriental -- Catalogs |
| Rugs, Persian -- Catalogs |
| Islamic textile fabrics -- Catalogs |
| Scientific apparatus and instruments -- Catalogs |
