Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures [ Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., auction catalogue, sale date: 13 July, 1971 ]

Sotheby & Co., London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 13th July, 1971. Printed wrappers, small 4to, 26 cm,. 102 pp, 42 plates (3 in colour). 453 lots. Among the highlights noted were the following: a series of Calcutta natural history drawings; Company school paintings; Mughal miniatures of the 16th to 19th century including two leaves from the Tuti nama, c. 1570-80; a leaf from the Victoria and Albert Museum Akbarnama, c. 1595-1600; a fine miniature of King Solomon and his court, c. 1600; four leaves from the Baburnama, c. 1590; two miniatures from the Chester Beatty Akbarnama, c. 1600-10; a leaf from a Shahnama, c. 1620; three leaves from a Shahnama, c. 1610; Deccani, Rajasthani, and Pahari miniatures including a portrait of Bijapur raja, 18th century; an illustration to the Bhagavata Purana, c. 1540-60; Persian and Turkish miniatures of the 15th to 19th century including eleven miniatures from a Shahnama written for Sultan Mirza Ali of Gilan, c. 1480-90; three miniatures from the Majma al-Tavarikh, c. 1425; a leaf from the Khawaran nama, dated 1476-7; two leaves from a Shahnama, c. 1576-77; Persian painted lacquer and calligraphy; Persian, Arabic, Armenian, Ethiopic, Burmese, and Sanskrit manuscripts including Assar's Mihr u Mushtari, Shiraz 1506-7; Sa'di's Gulistan, Herat c. 1460-70; Firdausi's Shahnama, Herat 1497-8; Qur'an manuscripts of the 16th to 19th century; the four gospels in Armenian, Tokat 1679-80. Near Very Good.