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Auction archive: Lot number 26

SEVEN LITERARY WORKS

Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$4,294 - US$7,157
Price realised:
£3,000
ca. US$4,294
Auction archive: Lot number 26

SEVEN LITERARY WORKS

Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$4,294 - US$7,157
Price realised:
£3,000
ca. US$4,294
Beschreibung:

SEVEN LITERARY WORKS
NORTH INDIA, 17TH-19TH CENTURY
SEVEN LITERARY WORKS NORTH INDIA, 17TH-19TH CENTURY Comprising a 17th century diwan of Amir Khusraw Dihlawi, 392ff., with repaired illuminated headpiece, colophon now illegible, in European binding with book plate of 'Battle Abbey', and seal impression of Burhan Nawab Khan Bahadur 'Azfar Jang Muhammad dated AH 1136; an 18th century Mughal diwan of Sa'di, 161ff., with illuminated headings, in stamped brown morocco binding; a large Persian work, 343ff., complete, colophon dated AH 1231, in 19th century binding; Sa'di's Gulistan , colophon signed and dated AH 1252, in fine 19th century binding; a work by Mir Ghulam 'Ali Azad, Kitab siruzad (?), 124ff., complete, colophon dated AH 1219, in 19th century binding; a fragmentary Mathnawi of Rumi, 18th century, 54ff., with illuminated headings, unbound; and a small manuscript in devanagari script, illuminated and illustrated, unbound

Auction archive: Lot number 26
Auction:
Datum:
18 Apr 2016
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

SEVEN LITERARY WORKS
NORTH INDIA, 17TH-19TH CENTURY
SEVEN LITERARY WORKS NORTH INDIA, 17TH-19TH CENTURY Comprising a 17th century diwan of Amir Khusraw Dihlawi, 392ff., with repaired illuminated headpiece, colophon now illegible, in European binding with book plate of 'Battle Abbey', and seal impression of Burhan Nawab Khan Bahadur 'Azfar Jang Muhammad dated AH 1136; an 18th century Mughal diwan of Sa'di, 161ff., with illuminated headings, in stamped brown morocco binding; a large Persian work, 343ff., complete, colophon dated AH 1231, in 19th century binding; Sa'di's Gulistan , colophon signed and dated AH 1252, in fine 19th century binding; a work by Mir Ghulam 'Ali Azad, Kitab siruzad (?), 124ff., complete, colophon dated AH 1219, in 19th century binding; a fragmentary Mathnawi of Rumi, 18th century, 54ff., with illuminated headings, unbound; and a small manuscript in devanagari script, illuminated and illustrated, unbound

Auction archive: Lot number 26
Auction:
Datum:
18 Apr 2016
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
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