AN INDIAN ENGRAVED BRASS CELESTIAL GLOBE engraved with the positions of the stars and the various constellations together with clouds inscribed with their names, a cloud near one pole inscribed 'the work of al-Iskandariyya, 1175', the associated ring base resting on four elegant baluster legs, engraved with panels of simulated degrees | Christie's

拍品 305

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AN INDIAN ENGRAVED BRASS CELESTIAL GLOBE engraved with the positions of the stars and the various constellations together with clouds inscribed with their names, a cloud near one pole inscribed 'the work of al-Iskandariyya, 1175', the associated ring base resting on four elegant baluster legs, engraved with panels of simulated degrees

细节

AN INDIAN ENGRAVED BRASS CELESTIAL GLOBE engraved with the positions of the stars and the various constellations together with clouds inscribed with their names, a cloud near one pole inscribed 'the work of al-Iskandariyya, 1175', the associated ring base resting on four elegant baluster legs, engraved with panels of simulated degrees
base 81.2/in. (21.5cm.) diam.

拍品专文

A very similar globe, although without the base, was sold in these Rooms, 26 April 1994, lot 382