22nd Apr, 2020 15:00

Islamic & Indian Art
 
  Lot 215
 

A CELESTIAL AND A TERRESTRIAL GILT-COPPER GLOBES
Possibly Iran or India, mid to late 19th century

A CELESTIAL AND A TERRESTRIAL GILT-COPPER GLOBES

Possibly Iran or India, mid to late 19th century

Comprising two gilt globes, one engraved with constellations and astronomical annotations, the latter divided by longitude bands and two intercrossing lines meeting around the Equator, with Arabic annotations on the gradients of the horizontal lines, both mounted on a black metal base, each approximately 15.5cm high without the mount and 33.5cm high with the mount, the base 34cm x 12.8cm.

Sold for £750

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