Catalogue of fine Oriental miniatures and manuscripts : comprising Mughal miniatures from the 16th to 19th centuries including two pages from the Hamza-nama, Mughal, c. 1570, a prince riding a blue-dappled horse, Mughal, late seventeenth century, Adam and Eve standing in the Garden of Eden, Murshidabad, c. 1760, Deccani, Central Indian, Rajasthani and Pahari miniatures from the 15th to 19th centuries including a portrait of a princely youth Bijapur, c. 1620, a portrait of a ruler, Deccan, c. 1700, two illustrations to the Bhagavata Purana, Basohli, c. 1760-65, a portrait of a nobleman, Mankot, c. 1690-1700, an illustration of the first avatar of Vishnu, Mankot, c. 1700, Persian, Indian and Turkish calligraphy including a page of nasta'liq by Sultan Ali al-Mashhadi, Persia, c. 1500, a page of Nasta'liq by Muhammad Dara Shikoh, Mughal, dated A.D. 1654, Persian and Turkish miniatures from the 15th to 19th centuries including a portrait of Mirza Abul-Qasim Khan, Qajar, dated A.D. 1861, Persian painted lacquer pen-boxes, mirroe-cases and caskets, Persian, Arabic, Indian, Burmese, Nepalese and Armenian manuscripts including Babur's Nasihatnama, dated A.D. 1586, a sultanate Qur'an, dated A.D. 1408, an illuminated Qajar Qur'an, dated A.D. 1830 : which will be sold by auction by Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co. at their large galleries, 34 & 35 New Bond Street, London W1A 2AA ... : days of sale: Monday, 17th July, 1978, lots 1-173 at 11 a.m. precisely, Tuesday, 18th July, 1978, lots 174-377 at 10.30 a.m. precisely
Published: (1978)