A SILVERED ASTROLABE
A SILVERED ASTROLABE

POSSIBLY BUKHARA, CENTRAL ASIA, 19TH CENTURY

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A SILVERED ASTROLABE
POSSIBLY BUKHARA, CENTRAL ASIA, 19TH CENTURY
The limb, mater and ecliptic ring engraved in naskh script and inlaid with turquoise stones, the openwork rete with intricate foliated scrolls, the throne with similar decoration with plates, the rule affixed at the base, with plates, including one with four lines of naskh script the horse lacking, the horse lacking
9in. (23cm.) diam.

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