| Corporate Author |
Christie, Manson & Woods |
| Title |
A private collection donated to benefit the University of Oxford |
| Publisher |
London : Christie's, 2012-2013 |
| Physical desc. |
3 v. ; illustrations ; 27 cm. |
| Note |
26/04/2012; 04/10/2012; 25/04/2013; 10/10/2013 |
| Ref. to CBL manuscripts: [Part I]: p. 14, lot 4 (folios by Shankar in Iyar-i Danish [CBL In 04] and Akbarnama [In 03]); p. [16], lot 7 (miniature from the 1598 Razmnama; complete manuscript originally in the Gerald Reitlinger collection, sold Sotheby's London, 24 & 25 Oct 1921; other miniatures dispersed, one in the CB [In 55.1]); p. [17], lot 8 ('A double sided illustrated leaf from a manuscript of the Iyar-i Danish, "The criterion of knowledge", "The hunter kills the woodcutter and the king in his palace with courtiers," Mughal India, circa 1595'; catalogue entry notes that this folio 'depicts two consecutive scenes from the same story on two sides of a single folio; and that a 'near complete copy' of the Iyar-i Danish in the Chester Beatty 'is lacking two miniatures from this same story of the King and the sage as well as other leaves. The dimensions of our miniatures and those of the Chester Beatty Library copy are almost identical which indicates our folio is actually one of the dispersed folios originally from the Chester Beatty manuscript' [In 04]); p. 22, lot 12 (example of Kesu Das); p. [26], lot 16 (example of Lalchand in the CB Minto album); p. 30, lot 20 (another portrait of Jahangir, In 07A.15); p. 37, lot 27 (another painting by Muhammad Qasim); p. 39, lot 30 ('An illuminated border, signed Muhammad Amin, Safavid Iran, dated AH 929/1522-23 AD'; catalogue entry notes this folio belongs to the same series of folios sold at Christie's London, 5 Oct 2010, lot 227, and that 'further examples from this same series are in the Chester Beatty Library', Per 210). Part II: p. [14], lot 8 (similarities in bindings of CBL Ar 5282 and T 401); p. 28, lot 18 (comparison with CBL In 31); p. [33], lot 25 ('folio with illuminated borders', calligraphy: Persia, c.1520, illumination: India, c.1603; 'This elegant folio comes from [a] manuscript in the Chester Beatty Library (Mughal mss.20) [In 20], a virtually complete copy of Jami's Khamsa or Panj Ganj. It now comprises 177ff. which records state were acquired in 1937 from the Demotte Collection in New York'.); p. 38, lot 31 (artist Gwaliori in CBL In 04, 'Iyar-I Danish); p. 40, lot 32 (artist Bhora in CBL In 06, Baburnama); p. 41, lot 33 (artist Shankar in CBL [In 04.29v] and in Akbarnama, [In 03]); p. 43, lot 35 (for a portrait of Khwaja Khizr Khan in CBL In 34.14); p. [44], lot 36 (another portrait of an elderly Akbar in CB: [In 07B.21]); Part III: p. 11, lot 4 (connections with CBL T 401); p. 14, lot 7 (calligrapher Shah Mahmud al-Nishapuri in CBL Per 179); p. [44], lot 43 (example of Kesu Das in CBL [In 41.2]); p. 45, lot 45 (similar to CBL In 43.3); p. [48], lot 49. |
| Lot 39 (pages 52-53) in part I (26/04/2012): 'Kufic Qur'an folio on blue vellum'; possibly from same manuscript of which there are three folios in the CB: Is 1405. Volume I bookmarked at page 35. |
| Part IV included as lots 1-43 in: Arts of the Islamic and Indian worlds (10/10/2013). |
| Date & place of sale |
[Part I]: Thursday 26 April 2012, London; Part II: Thursday 4 October 2012, London; Part III: Thursday 25 April 2013, London; Part IV: Tuesday 10 October 2013, London. |
| Subject |
Qur'an -- Manuscripts -- Catalogs |
| Shahnama -- Illustrations -- Catalogs |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 04 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 20 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 55.1 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Is 1405 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Per 210 |
| Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts -- Catalogs |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian -- Catalogs |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, Ottoman -- Catalogs |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, Mogul Empire -- Catalogs |
| Painting, Indic -- Catalogs |
| Manuscripts, Arabic -- Catalogs |
| Manuscripts, Persian -- Catalogs |
| Islamic bookbinding -- Catalogs |
| Islamic calligraphy -- Catalogs |
