| Corporate Author |
Christie, Manson & Woods |
| Title |
Art of the Islamic and Indian worlds |
| Publisher |
London : Christie's, 2015 |
| Physical desc. |
213 pages ; colour illustrations ; 27 cm. |
| Note |
Properties of: a private collection donated to benefit the University of Oxford; a private Middle Eastern collection; a Qajar princely collection; a Swiss private collection; and a nobleman. |
| 23/04/2015 |
| References to CB manuscripts: p. 24, lot 15 (Per 311); p. 29, lot 19 (Ar 4942); p. 30-31, lot 22 (Muhaqqaq Qur'an folio; 'Loose leaves from this Qur'an are now in the [...] Chester Beatty Library', CBL Is 1609 & Is 1458); p. 32, lot 23 (Ar 4796 [2]); p. [68], lot 62 (Khamsa of Nizami, by Muhammad Qasim); p. [72], lot 66 (Per 276); p. 77, lot 76 (Ar 4001 [4] & Ar 4353 [3]); p. [176], lot 196 (same artist as in CBL Arm 573). |
| Bookmarked. |
| Date & place of sale |
Thursday 23 April 2015, London |
| Subject |
Qur'an -- Manuscripts -- Catalogs |
| Shahnama -- Illustrations -- Catalogs |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Is 1458 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Is 1609 |
| Islamic art -- Catalogs |
| Islamic decorative arts -- Catalogs |
| Islamic art objects -- Catalogs |
| Islamic pottery -- Catalogs |
| Islamic textile fabrics -- Catalogs |
| Islamic jewelry -- Catalogs |
| Islamic metal-work -- Catalogs |
| Islamic calligraphy -- Catalogs |
| 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 |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, Armenian -- Catalogs |
| Painting, Indic -- Catalogs |
| Manuscripts, Arabic -- Catalogs |
| Manuscripts, Persian -- Catalogs |
| Islamic bookbinding -- Catalogs |
| Lacquer and lacquering -- Iran -- Catalogs |
| Islamic weapons -- Catalogs |
| Jewelry -- India -- Catalogs |
| Decorative arts -- India -- Catalogs |
| Art objects -- India -- Catalogs |
