Monumental Antique Islamic Ottoman Safavid Astrological Astrolabe on Stand 1720 Drawings & Prints Meiji Period

Meiji Period

" The lamp base made of gilded metal

The sculpture is finely modeled representing the Goddess of Plenty holding a cornucopia of fruit

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The base of reverse ogee shape and having corresponding marquetry inlay

Monumental Antique Islamic Ottoman Safavid Astrological Astrolabe on Stand 1720 Drawings & Prints Meiji PeriodAn incredibly rare 18th Century monumental palace size Ottoman Islamic astrolabe on an easel stand, Turkey, circa 1720. This rare palace size Astrolabe on stand is in two sections, the top having a carved crest and a circular device inset with blue ceramic cabochons. The engraved mater having celestial and astrological symbols, to the center is the rete and rule, with four more retes to each corner. The easel form stand is finely and deeply carved