A 19th-Century Islamic brass astronomical/astrological armillary,
A 19th-Century Islamic brass astronomical/astrological armillary,

A 19th-Century Islamic brass astronomical/astrological armillary,

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A 19th-Century Islamic brass astronomical/astrological armillary,
the 5-inch (10.7cm.) diameter celestial globe at the centre with graduated ecliptic and equatorial, the constellations depicted by various beasts and figures and some objects, some with text, the axis through the celestial poles, the sphere surrounded by four concentric rings on the same axis with various graduations on both sides, the outer ring further decorated with faces and spheres and with a throne with suspension loops -- 12in. (30.5cm.) diameter

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