31st Oct, 2023 14:00
A SMALL ENGRAVED GILT COPPER ISLAMIC CELESTIAL GLOBE
Northern India, 19th century
Of spherical shape, pierced on either end of the main axis, engraved with constellations represented by mythical beasts and figures, many identified by small-sized, epigraphic inscriptions in a crude naskh script, with graduated equatorial and ecliptic, and gilt copper axis mounted on a horizon circle through the celestial poles, the cast horizon ring with crude graduations and Arabic letters, the circumference 34.5cm and 17cm diam.
Sold for £750
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