A LARGE SILVER ASTROLABE

Lot 172
24.10.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
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£ 75 600
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Lot 172 | A LARGE SILVER ASTROLABE
Valeur estimée
£ 30 000 – 40 000
A LARGE SILVER ASTROLABE
VARANASI OR JAIPUR, NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
The obverse with concentric circles correct for a latitude of 25 degrees, the rim graduated in intervals of six degrees, one degree, and half a degree, the reverse with a shadow square in the lower half and with additional astronomical tables in the upper half, a large uninscribed alidade with a bar attached to it, the rim graduated as on the obverse, the kursi with a brief inscription on the obverse and a large silver ring, overall good condition
16 ¼ x 14 1/8in. (41.2 x 36cm.)




Provenance

Collection de Monsieur R... et de divers amateurs, Instruments scientifiques anciens, Hôtel Druout, Paris, 28 April 1982, lot 78
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