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Catalogue of Oriental miniatures, manuscripts and printed books: comprising Mughal and Deccani miniatures form the 17th to 19th century, including Prince Sulaiman Shikoh listening to an ascetic attributed to Chitarman, Mughal, c. 1660 ; a noblewoman playing chaupur, Lucknow, c. 1790 ; Rajasthani and Pahari miniatures from the 18th to 19th century, including three illustrations to the Bhagavata purana, Hindur, c. 1850-60 ; a portrait of a nobleman, Baha (Jammu), c. 1700 ; Persian miniatures from the 16th to the 19th century ; calligraphy from the 15th to the 19th century, including two illustrated leaves from a manuscript of Jami, Herat, late fifteenth century ; Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Ethiopic and South East Asian manuscripts and printed books from the 13th to the 19th century, including a miniature Qur'an, Turkey, dated 1412 ; an illuminated Qur'an section, Mamluk, Egypt, c. 1400 ; a Persian manuscript partly written in eastern kufic, Persia, dated 1203

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Corporate Author Sotheby's (Firm)
Title Catalogue of Oriental miniatures, manuscripts and printed books : comprising Mughal and Deccani miniatures form the 17th to 19th century, including Prince Sulaiman Shikoh listening to an ascetic attributed to Chitarman, Mughal, c. 1660 ; a noblewoman playing chaupur, Lucknow, c. 1790 ; Rajasthani and Pahari miniatures from the 18th to 19th century, including three illustrations to the Bhagavata purana, Hindur, c. 1850-60 ; a portrait of a nobleman, Baha (Jammu), c. 1700 ; Persian miniatures from the 16th to the 19th century ; calligraphy from the 15th to the 19th century, including two illustrated leaves from a manuscript of Jami, Herat, late fifteenth century ; Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Ethiopic and South East Asian manuscripts and printed books from the 13th to the 19th century, including a miniature Qur'an, Turkey, dated 1412 ; an illuminated Qur'an section, Mamluk, Egypt, c. 1400 ; a Persian manuscript partly written in eastern kufic, Persia, dated 1203
Publisher London : Sotheby's, 1982
Physical desc. 1 volume ; illustrations (1 color) ; 25 cm.
Note 05/07/1982
Property of various owners.
Reference to CB manuscripts: lot 112 (with illustration) [Is 1465].
Date & place of sale Monday 5 July 1982, London
Subject Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Is 1465
Qur'an -- Manuscripts -- Catalogs
Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts -- Catalogs
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian -- Catalogs
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Mogul Empire -- Catalogs
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Ottoman -- Catalogs
Painting, Indic -- Catalogs
Manuscripts, Arabic -- Catalogs
Manuscripts, Persian -- Catalogs
Manuscripts, Ethiopic -- Catalogs
Islamic calligraphy -- Catalogs
Drawing, Chinese -- Catalogs
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10014083 Box 25
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