Oriental manuscripts and miniatures
Publisher: Sotheby's
Published: 1970
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Notes: Including Mughal miniatures of the 16th to 19th century including a miniature from the Dasta-i-Masih, c. 1600, a fragment of a miniature from the Hamza-nama, c. 1570; a page from the Rasikapriya, early 17th century; a leaf from the Razmnama, 1616; a portrait of 'Alamgir I signed 'Govardhan', c.1670; Deccani, central Indian, and Rajasthani miniatures; an album of watercolour drawings by Seeturam, early 19th century; Pahari miniatures including a series from the 'Shangri' Ramayana, late 17th century; Persian miniatures of the Shiraz, Isfahan, Qazwin, and Qajar schools; a page from the Materia medica of Dioscocrides, 1224; a leaf from a Shahnama, 1341; a leaf from Sa'di's Bustan written by Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi, c. 1520; a portrait of a youth by Riza-i 'Abbasi, c. 1620-30; Persian lacquer mirror-cases and bindings; Ethiopic manuscripts including the life of St. George, 17th century; Armenian manuscripts including an illuminated bible dated 1660-1; Arabic manuscripts including copies of the Qur'an from the 8th to 19th century; Persian manuscripts including Firdausi's Shahnama, 1497-8; and illustrated manuscripts of works by Sa'di, Hafiz, Nizami, Qazwini, and Husayn ibn 'Ali al-Wa'iz Kashifi; an album of forty-four pages of calligraphy including examples by Sultan 'Ali Al-Mashhadi; and Sanskrit, Syriac, Batak, Burmese, Pushtu and Telugu manuscripts.

Sale code: SHANGRI.

Date of sale: July 15, 1970.

Place of sale: London.