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Two brass scale reproduction Chinese astronomical instruments,
each with a plaque on the base for BEIJING ORION COMPANY OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, after the originals in the Peking observatory by Ferdinand Verbiest, circa 1673, each on a red plush and fabric-covered wooden base -- 30cm. (11 7/8in.) wide
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The first instrument is a sextant, ungraduated, with decorative scroll-shaped fretwork and a moving alidade. It is supported on the reverse by a toothed semi-circle, moved vertically via rack and pinion and a wheel handle. It is raised on a cast plinth base in the form of a mountain entwined by a Chinese dragon.
The second instrument is a form of armillary sphere, ungraduated, with a rotating meridian within equinoctial, and one and a half meridian bands. This is raised on a semi-circular support on the back of a Chinese Dragon, standing on a cruciform base. Each foot rests on a seated lion. (2)
each with a plaque on the base for BEIJING ORION COMPANY OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, after the originals in the Peking observatory by Ferdinand Verbiest, circa 1673, each on a red plush and fabric-covered wooden base -- 30cm. (11 7/8in.) wide
See Colour Illustration
The first instrument is a sextant, ungraduated, with decorative scroll-shaped fretwork and a moving alidade. It is supported on the reverse by a toothed semi-circle, moved vertically via rack and pinion and a wheel handle. It is raised on a cast plinth base in the form of a mountain entwined by a Chinese dragon.
The second instrument is a form of armillary sphere, ungraduated, with a rotating meridian within equinoctial, and one and a half meridian bands. This is raised on a semi-circular support on the back of a Chinese Dragon, standing on a cruciform base. Each foot rests on a seated lion. (2)
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