| Corporate Author |
Christie, Manson & Woods |
| Title |
Art of the Islamic and Indian worlds : including Oriental rugs and carpets |
| Publisher |
London : Christie's, 2017 |
| Physical desc. |
228 pages ; colour illustrations ; 27 cm. |
| Note |
Properties of: an important Middle Eastern collection; the estate of Emily A. Wingert; the collection of John Robert Alderman and the late Dr Mark Zebrowski; the New York apartment of David Easton and James Steinmeyer; Dr Layla S. Diba; the Dharma collection; and a European lady. |
| 27/04/2017 |
| References to CB manuscripts: p. 9, lot 3 (similarities with Is 1411); p. 28, lot 19 (folio of a kufic Qur'an on blue vellum: 'Further folios from the same manuscript are held in the LACMA collection [...] the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin...'; [Is 1405]); p. 37, lot 28 (14th or 15th-century South Arabian book cover noted in Bosch, 1981, cat. 10, p. 98-99); p. 54, lot 38 (Ar 3278); p. 56, lot 40 (Ar 3985); p. 57, lot 42 (Ar 3979); p. [58], lot 44 (two folios from Hafiz-i Abru's Majma' al-Tawarikh, Herat, c.1425: 'Others are in museum collections across the world including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the David Collection, the collection of Prince and Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan, the Chester Beatty Library, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Cincinnati Art Museum and the Cleveland Museum of Art'; [CBL Per 105]); p. 79, lot 59 (folio from the 1598: 'Battle of Dhristadyumna with Aswatthama': 'from the second illustrated copy of the Razmnama which was completed between 1598 and 1599. The complete manuscript, originally in the collection of Gerald Reitlinger, was sold at Sotheby's London on 24th and 25th October 1921. The final five parts including the colophon are preserved in the British Library. The 161 known miniatures from this manuscript are now in private and public collections including the Free Library of Philadelphia, the Chester Beatty Library, the India Office Library, and the Keir Collection'; [CBL In 55]); p. 82, lot 64 (Minto Album); p. 93, lot 79 (In 69.6); p. 110-111, lot 96 (Ruzbihan Qur'an, ref. to Is 1588); p. 120, lot 110 (painting attributable to Muhammad Qasim). |
| Date & place of sale |
Thursday 27 April 2017, London. |
| Person as subject |
Wingert, Emily A. -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| Alderman, John Robert -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| Zebrowski, Mark -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| Easton, James -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| Steinmeyer, James -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| Diba, Layla S. -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| Subject |
Qur'an -- Manuscripts -- Catalogs |
| Shahnama -- Illustrations -- Catalogs |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 55 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Is 1405 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Per 105 |
| 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 |
| Islamic rugs -- Catalogs |
| Rugs, Oriental -- Catalogs |
| Rugs, Persian -- Catalogs |
