Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
07 March 1921
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/490
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Sotheby's. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ILLUMINATED SANSCRIT MANUSCRIPTS, Etc. Che Property of Capt. F. bh. LC. Townshend, RE. 119 BHAGAVAD-Gira, “The Song of the Divine One,” 7.e. Krishna. The text book of the Puranie worship of Krishna as Vishnu. Sanscrit, written on 858 pp. within gold and coloured rules, many pages illuminated and with 47 full-page miniatures with floral borders; binding in Indian fabric, with outer flap cover sm. 4to 120 BuaGcaAvan-Gira. Another copy, Sanscrit, written on 746 pp. within coloured rules, a number of the pages with illuminated borders and with 28 full-page miniatures with illuminated borders of various designs ; binding in Indian fabric small 4to 12] BHAGAVAD-GITA. Another copy, Sanscrit, written on 678 pp. within gold and coloured rules, a number of the pages with illuminated borders, and some annotated, and with 18 full-page miniatures with floral borders; the binding of this book ts in very old Indian printed cotton, in which three distinct patterns are to be found, which have been photographed for a forthcoming work on ancient textiles small 4to 122 BHAGAVAD-GirA. Another copy, Sanscrit, written on &54 pp. without rules, with 11 full-page miniatures; plain morocco binding with flap small oblong 4to . . . . e 29 . ass A set of nine Indian Miniatures ; 53 én. by 32 in. ; of early type and remarkable for the entire absence of any trace of Mohammedan influence (9) 124 | A Tangut Archer, a water-colour drawing of rare type; 64 in. by 7 © AZ in. (125 A King on horseback arriving at the scene of a conflict; 947n. by 627n.; with gilt floral design on the margins 126 A King on a divan holding a consultation with four holy ascetics seated before him; 94 in. by 12% in.; Rajput School 127 A Prince and a Princess, both on horses, riding round the edge of a lake, ll in. by 6§in.; and A King, on horseback, with a hawk on his hand, with attendants, passing an old woman and two children, 92 in. by 64 in.; Rajput School; the latter showing Chinese influence (2)
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