| Corporate Author |
Sotheby's (Firm) |
| Title |
Arts of the Islamic world : including fine carpets and textiles |
| Publisher |
London : Sotheby's, 2011 |
| Physical desc. |
284 pages ; colour illustrations ; 28 cm. |
| Note |
05/10/2011 |
| Reference to CB manuscripts: p. 12, lot 54 (Qur'an leaf from a manuscript of which a part is in the CB [Is 1422]); p. [17], lot 61 (an early copy is Ar 4178); p. 39, lot 85 (Persian manuscript; another copy is in the CB: Per 311); p. [42], lot 86 (biography of Ibn Sina; another copy is in the CB: Ar 4699); p. 45, lot 89 (another copy is in the CB: Ar 3353); p. 45, lot 90 (another copy in the CB: Ar 4825/8); p. 49, lot 97 (another work by the scribe Ghulam Ali is in the CB: Per 249); p. 71, lot 131 (similarity with CB In 07B.20); p. 73, lot 134 (comparable paintings with the CB Raj Kunwar [In 37]); p. 75, lot 137 (similarity with CB In 07A.4a); p. 76, lot 138 (similar green backgrounds in several CB Mughal miniatures); p. 86, lot 155 (folio from a manuscript [possibly volume 4] of the Siyar-i-Nabi, Life of the Prophet: 'an illustrated and illuminated leaf'; 'numbered 18 in the outer margin'; 'By 1753 volume IV had been separated from the others and was in the private possession of one of the Ottoman princesses. It surfaced in Cairo in the 1930s, at which point approximately 53 folios were detached and sold to various collectors, principally Major R.G. Gayer-Anderson [known as Gayer-Anderson Pasha. At about this time Alfred Chester Beatty acquired the remainder of volume IV, which consisted of 490 folios, 136 miniatures and the colophon'. [T 419]). |
| Annotated throughout with final sale prices. |
| Date & place of sale |
Wednesday 5 October 2011, London |
| Subject |
Qur'an -- Manuscripts -- Catalogs |
| Shahnama -- Illustrations -- Catalogs |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Ar 3353 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Ar 4178 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Ar 4699 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Ar 4825 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 07A |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 07B |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Is 1422 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Per 249 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Per 311 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Islamic bookbinding -- Catalogs |
