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Art of the Islamic and Indian worlds: including Oriental rugs and carpets

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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. 336 pages ; illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 27 cm.
Note Properties of: an important private collector; the New York apartment of David Easton and James Steinmeyer; an important European collection; Dr Jerome and Mrs Evelyn Oremland; the Dharma collection; Professor Rudolph Gelpke; the estate of William Kelly Simpson; a private French collector; a private Connecticut collection; a private Italian collection; an English gentleman; the late Barbara Piasecka Johnson; and a private collection in the Channel Islands.
26/10/2017
References to CB manuscripts: p. 55, lot 49 (portrait of Asaf Khan); p. 66, lot 62 (Ar 4168); p. 99, lot 89 (Per 209 & Per 210); p. 103, lot 93 (Muhammad Qasim); p. 169, lot 161 (In 11A); p. 183, lot 180 (In 48.1); p. 185-190, lot 183-184 ('Two Mughal paintings mounted on folios from the Farhang-i Jahangiri'; provenance information included; lot 183 'from the second volume of the 1597 Akbarnama most of which is in the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin' [CBL In 03]; 'Our painting fills a gap in the Chester Beatty Akbarnama at ff. 84/85. It is painting no. 92 of the original 170 paintings in the manuscript'.); p. 194, lot 189 (folio from a Khavarannama, ten paintings of which are in the Chester Beatty Library, Per 293).
Date & place of sale Thursday 26 October 2017, London
Person as subject Johnson, Barbara Piasecka -- Art collections -- Catalogs
Oremland, Evelyn K. -- Art collections -- Catalogs
Oremland, Jerome D. -- Art collections -- Catalogs
Easton, James -- Art collections -- Catalogs
Steinmeyer, James -- Art collections -- Catalogs
Gelpke, Rudolf -- 1928-1972 -- Art collections -- Catalogs
Simpson, William Kelly -- Art collections -- Catalogs
Subject Qur'an -- Manuscripts -- Catalogs
Shahnama -- Illustrations -- Catalogs
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 03
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Per 293
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
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10012595 Box 113
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