拍品專文
Perhaps the most iconic navigational instrument from the golden age of exploration, the mariner's astrolabe remains a rare survival: Stimson records just sixty-five examples.
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SEBASTIAO DE GOES, CIRCA 1600
細節
A BRONZE MARINER'S ASTROLABE
SEBASTIAO DE GOES, CIRCA 1600
of typical shipwreck condition, the wedge profile of Portuguese pattern, signed SEBASTIAO DE GOES to base, scale to quadrant 0°-90° 5° marked, alidade secured with wingnut
7in. (18cm.) radius
SEBASTIAO DE GOES, CIRCA 1600
of typical shipwreck condition, the wedge profile of Portuguese pattern, signed SEBASTIAO DE GOES to base, scale to quadrant 0°-90° 5° marked, alidade secured with wingnut
7in. (18cm.) radius
來源
Unknown shipwreck
Private collection formed before 1920
Thence by descent
Private collection formed before 1920
Thence by descent
出版
Stimson, A., The Mariner's Astrolabe: A survey of known, surviving sea astrolabes (Utrecht, 1988).
注意事項
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.