| Corporate Author |
Christie, Manson & Woods |
| Title |
Art of the Islamic and Indian worlds : including Oriental rugs and carpets |
| Publisher |
London : Christie's, 2018 |
| Physical desc. |
387 pages ; colour illustrations ; 27 cm. |
| Note |
Properties of: a distinguished private collection; Henrich Jacoby; Fatema Soudavar Farmanfarmaian; a private German collection; a Qajar noble collection; the late Hans König; the family collection of Arthur Houghton Jr.; a distinguished private collector; and a private Dutch collector. |
| 25/10/2018 |
| References to CBL or CB manuscripts: p. 13, lot 1 (Kufic Qur'an folio on blue vellum; folios from the same manuscript in the CB: Is 1405); p. 78, lot 56 ([Per 260]); p. 97, lot 82 (two manuscripts of Jami); p. 99, lot 84 (copies of Jami's Mathnawi and Tuhfat al-Ahrar); p. [158], lot 161 (Kitab al-hasha'ish dated 1645 with a Shah 'Abbas preface); p. 170-171, lot 172 ('An illustrated folio from the "Chester Beatty Tutinama"'; [CBL In 21]); p. 172, lot 174 ('Illustration from the "First" Baburnama'; other folios from same manuscript at CBL [In 06]); p. 174, lot 175 (In 07B.20); p. 182, lot 172 (In 69.6); p. 222, lot 221 (Ar 3568); p. 224, lot 225 (illustrated folio from the Siyar-i Nabi, 'The meeting of Khusraw and Miqdad in a mountainous landscape'; [CBL T 419]); p. 258, lot 262 (Kitab Futuh al-Haramayn). |
| Date & place of sale |
Thursday 25 October 2018, London |
| Person as subject |
Farmānfarmāʼiyān, Fāṭimah Sūdʹāvar -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| Jacoby, Henrich -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| König, Hans -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| Houghton, Arthur -- 1940- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| Subject |
Qur'an -- Manuscripts -- Catalogs |
| Shahnama -- Illustrations -- Catalogs |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 06 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 21 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Is 1405 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- T 419 |
| 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 |
