| Corporate Author |
Christie, Manson & Woods |
| Title |
Art of the Islamic and Indian worlds : including oriental rugs and carpets |
| Publisher |
London : Christie's, 2020 |
| Physical desc. |
239 pages ; illustrations ; 27 cm. |
| Note |
Properties of: the late Dr Mohammed Said Farsi; William Kelly Simpson; the late Hans König; and a residence in Wilton Crescent. |
| 02/04/2020 |
| References to CBL or CB manuscripts: p. 58, lot 39 ('Calligraphic panel', c.1575: 'This folio relates to a group of eight which come from two manuscripts of Jami in the Chester Beatty Library' [Per 209 & Per 210); p. 96, lot 69 (Per 225); p. 99, lot 71 (Persian translation of Kitab al-hasha'ish); p. 106, lot 81 ('scene from the Akbarnama of 1597, later mounted on a leaf from the Farhang-i Jahangiri of 1608, [...] associated with volumes II and III in the Chester Beatty Library' [In 03], which has seven similar leaves [In 62] connected to Georges Demotte, Paris; from the estate of William Kelly Simpson); p. 108, lot 82 ('folio from the "first" Baburnama of 1589, mounted on a leaf from the Farhang-i Jahangiri of 1608'; folios from this manuscript are in the Chester Beatty Library [In 06]; from the estate of William Kelly Simpson); p. 144, lot 125 (illustrated folio from the Siyar-i Nabi, ''Aftermath of the battle of Badr'; much of volume IV of this manuscript is in the Chester Beatty [T 419]). |
| Date & place of sale |
Thursday 2 April, London |
| Person as subject |
Farsi, Mohammed Said -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| Simpson, William Kelly -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| König, Hans -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| Subject |
Qur'an -- Manuscripts -- Catalogs |
| Shahnama -- Illustrations -- Catalogs |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 03 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 62 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Per 209 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Per 210 |
| 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 -- 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 |
