Sothebys: Oriental Manuscripts And Miniatures, SHANGRI,

Auction Details

Auction Date
July 15, 1970 - July 15, 1970
Page Size: 465 items in 5 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
200 KALI standing over a funeral pyre on which two bodies burn

USD - 33.00
201 HANUMAN standing before Rama and Sita who sit on a throne upon a terrace

USD - 33.00
202 SIVA AND PARVATI

USD - 33.00
203 SIVA AND PARVATI

USD - 33.00
204 A GIANT DEMON

USD - 52.00
205 A MAN IN A BLUE JAMA Punjab Plains

1840

USD - 81.00
206 GURU ARJUN

1840

USD - 48.00
207 GURU HAR RAI (7TH GURU, 1645-1661)

1840

USD - 52.00
208 A HORSE AND GROOM

USD - 43.00
209 A HORSE AND GROOM

USD - 43.00
210 A SAGE PRESENTING THE MANUSCRIPT OF HIS TEXT

USD - 84.00
211 SIVA AND PARVATI WITH THEIR CHILDREN

USD - 132.00
212 THE KING CONVERSES WITH SIVA

USD - 76.00
213 THE KING TAKES HIS LEAVE OF SIVA AND PARVATI

USD - 76.00
214 THE MANY-ARMED KING IN HIS PALACE

USD - 84.00
215 A LADY WITH HER MAIDSERVANTS

USD - 43.00
216 THE LADY WAVES FAREWELL

USD - 48.00
217 A SHRINE TO DEVI IS VISITED

USD - 120.00
218 SIVA AND PARVATI WALKING BY A POOL

USD - 84.00
219 A GIRL DANCING IN A SMALL COURTYARD

USD - 67.00
220 A LADY SHOWN A PICTURE OF HER LOVER

USD - 67.00
221 A GIRL-MESSENGER ARRIVES

USD - 52.00
222 A GIRL OUTSIDE A GOLDEN PALACE

USD - 76.00
223 THE GIRL APPROACHES THE BEDSIDE

USD - 100.00
224 A GIRL FLYING THROUGH THE NIGHT SKY

USD - 76.00
225 RADHA AND KRISHNA SITTING

USD - 48.00
226 Two LADIES PLAYING CHESS

USD - 38.00
227 RADHA BRINGING LOTUS FLOWERS

USD - 120.00
228 Two GIRLS APPROACHING KRISHNA

USD - 38.00
229 A PAIR OF LOVERS

USD - 91.00
230 RADHA AND KRISHNA SEATED

USD - 91.00
231 A GIRL ARRESTED

USD - 72.00
232 LOVERS ARM IN ARM

USD - 48.00
233 RAJA SIDH SEN (1684-1727) examining a falcon brought Mandi

USD - 192.00
234 RAMA AND SITA VISITED BY HANUMAN Mandi

USD - 115.00
235 THE EMPEROR JAHANGIR Mandi

USD - 62.00
236 THE CHILD KRISHNA PLAYING Mandi

USD - 60.00
237 A WEAVER AT WORK Mandi

USD - 12.00
238 PORTRAIT OF HANUMAN Mandi

USD - 28.00
239 A RAJA SMOKING A HOOKAH

USD - 67.00
240 RADHA LISTENING TO KRISHNA Mandi

1800

USD - 24.00
241 RAMA AND LAKSHMANA

USD - 48.00
242 A YOGI Mandi

USD - 14.00
243 A MUSICIAN AND HIS SON Mandi

USD - 43.00
244 A RAJA WITH A HAWK

USD - 48.00
245 RADHA AND KRISHNA EMBRACING Mandi

USD - 72.00
246 A PAHARI RAJA Mandi

USD - 28.00
247 DEVI RIDING HER TIGER Mandi

USD - 24.00
248 MAZDAK AND HIS FOLLOWERS ARE EXECUTED Northern Timurid

1430-40

USD - 120.00
249 FARIBURZ LEADING AWAY THE BODY OF KULBAD

USD - 120.00
250 A KING LISTENING TO AN ADVISOR

1460

USD - 360.00
251 A LADY CONSULTING WITH A RULER

1540

USD - 67.00
252 A HAWKING EXPEDITION

1540-50

USD - 48.00
253 A SCENE IN A PAVILION

USD - 62.00
254 YOSUF BATHING IN THE RIVER NILE Qazwin

1570

USD - 96.00
255 YUSUF AND ZULAYKHA'S HUSBAND ENTHRONED Qazwin

1570

USD - 84.00
256 ZULAYKHA Qazwin

1570

USD - 84.00
257 ZULAYKHA WATCHES YUSUF Qazwin

1570

USD - 72.00
258 ZULAYKHA IN CHAINS Qazwin

1570

USD - 33.00
259 ZULAYKHA WITH HER MAIDS Qazwin

1570

USD - 24.00
260 Two GROTESQUE FIGURES

USD - 28.00
261 A DECORATED MANUSCRIPT PAGE Persia

USD - 52.00
262 RUSTAM KILLING THE WHITE DEMON

USD - 139.00
263 A YOUTH SEATED WITH A HAWK Isfahan

USD - 120.00
264 A GIANT DOG Isfahan

USD - 48.00
265 A SEA VOYAGE Isfahan

USD - 48.00
266 ISFANDIYAR KILLING THE DRAGON Isfahan

USD - 91.00
267 RUSTAM VISITING KAY KHUSRAW Isfahan

USD - 48.00
268 THE VIRGIN MARY Persia

USD - 115.00
269 A EUROPEAN GENTLEMAN ON HORSEBACK Persia

USD - 144.00
270 Two RULERS HUNTING Qajar

USD - 43.00
271 A KING Qajar

USD - 14.00
272 A PRINCE AT A PICNIC Persia

USD - 43.00
273 A SCRIBE Persia

USD - 115.00
274 Four miniatures of Bahram Gur Persia

USD - 57.00
275 A MIHRAB Persia

USD - 108.00
276 PORTRAIT OF A SCHOLAR IN A TALL HAT Isfahan

1260/1844

USD - 108.00
277 A GIRL PLAYING A GUITAR Persia

USD - 28.00
278 A PAGE FROM A MANUSCRIPT OF AN ARABIC TRANSLATION OF THE MATERIA MEDICA OF DIOSCORIDES baghdad

1222

USD - 1,200.00
279 BAHRAM GOR IN BATTLE AGAINST THE KING OF THE TURANIANS Shiraz

1341

USD - 3,120.00
280 RUST AM AND RAKHSH FIGHTING A BLUE DRAGON Shiraz

USD - 228.00
281 KHUSRAW ENTHRONED IN A LANDSCAPE WITH COURTIERS Shiraz

USD - 120.00
282 ISKANDAR RECEIVING A MESSAGE Herat

1430

USD - 96.00
283 A CAVALRY ENGAGEMENT ON THE SIDE OF A HILL Shiraz

1440

USD - 180.00
284 THE COMBAT BETWEEN PIRAN AND GIW Shiraz

1450

USD - 240.00
285 SULTAN 'ALI AL-MASHHADI A LEAF FROM A MANUSCRIPT OF SA'DI'S BOSTAN Persia

1520

USD - 3,360.00
286 THE CLANS OF SHAYKH NAWFAL AND LAYLA'S FATHER IN BATTLE Shiraz

USD - 912.00
287 KING SOLOMON ENTHRONED Shiraz

USD - 96.00
288 A BATTLE SCENE WITH AN ELEPHANT AND HORSES Shiraz

USD - 192.00
289 MAJNUN AT THE KA'BA AT MECCA Shiraz

USD - 124.00
290 MAHUN FIGHTING THE DEMONS Shiraz

USD - 168.00
291 ISKANDAR KILLING THE ZANGI CHAMPION Shiraz

USD - 132.00
292 A LARGE DOUBLE-PAGE FRONTISPIECE FROM A MANUSCRIPT Isfahan

USD - 1,440.00
293 ISFANDIYAR SLAYING THE DRAGON

USD - 528.00
294 ISFANDIYAR LASSOING GURGSAR

USD - 264.00
295 KAY KHUSRAW RIDING WITH THE PALADINS

USD - 288.00
296 TSKANDAR AND THE TALKING TREE

USD - 192.00
297 Two MEN WASHING CLOTHES BY A STREAM

USD - 48.00
298 A COMPOSITE MINIATURE Shiraz

1560

USD - 120.00
299 A MAN IN A TREE Shiraz

1560

USD - 24.00
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