.jpg?w=1)
A 19th-Century Indo-Persian Zodiacal astrolabe,
細節
A 19th-Century Indo-Persian Zodiacal astrolabe,
unsigned, in ferrous metal, the 7½i-inch (19cm.) diameter mater graduated around the edge and with various decoratively engraved motifs, the reverse with pictoral representations of the houses of the Zodiac, the decorated throne with suspension loop, the rete with broad decorated edge band and some blunt star-pointers, the single plate with decorated edge and concentric circles engraved on both sides, each with the centre point starting at three-quarters of the way across the diameter, with alidade, pin and horse-shaped horse, contained in the [?]original 19th-Century embroided cloth pouch
See Colour Illustrations
unsigned, in ferrous metal, the 7½i-inch (19cm.) diameter mater graduated around the edge and with various decoratively engraved motifs, the reverse with pictoral representations of the houses of the Zodiac, the decorated throne with suspension loop, the rete with broad decorated edge band and some blunt star-pointers, the single plate with decorated edge and concentric circles engraved on both sides, each with the centre point starting at three-quarters of the way across the diameter, with alidade, pin and horse-shaped horse, contained in the [?]original 19th-Century embroided cloth pouch
See Colour Illustrations