| Corporate Author |
Sotheby's (Firm) |
| Title |
Arts of the Islamic world |
| Publisher |
London : Sotheby's, 2013 |
| Physical desc. |
184 pages ; illustrations ; 28 cm. |
| Note |
09/10/2013 |
| Bookmarked at page 46, lot 53. |
| Ref. to CBL manuscripts: p. 33, lot 41 (leaf from a manuscript [possibly volume 4] of the Siyar-i-Nabi, Life of the Prophet: lot 110 'Aftermath of the Battle of Badr', 'feint remnants of number "26" in lower right hand margin'; 'Property from the Guerrand-Hermès collection'; '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]); p. 45, lot 52 (earlier copy at CB: Ar 4178); p. 76, lot 81 (leaf from the 'Second Shahnameh'; entry refers to CBL Per 104); p. [82], lot 88 (example of Samarqandi painting: Per 297, f. 159b). |
| Date & place of sale |
Wednesday 9 October 2013, London |
| Person as subject |
Guerrand-Hermès, Xavier -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| Subject |
Qur'an -- Manuscripts -- Catalogs |
| Shahnama -- Illustrations -- Catalogs |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Per 104 |
| 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 |
| Islamic calligraphy -- Catalogs |
