A brass 6-inch diameter Islamic celestial globe
possibly late 19th century
with constellations depicted by mythical beasts and figures, many labelled, with graduated equatorial and ecliptic, the axis through the celestial poles and on the horizontal plane, the cast horizon ring with crude graduations, raised on four baluster turned tapering columns with cruciform base
8½in. (21cm.) high
A brass 6-inch diameter Islamic celestial globe
possibly late 19th century
with constellations depicted by mythical beasts and figures, many labelled, with graduated equatorial and ecliptic, the axis through the celestial poles and on the horizontal plane, the cast horizon ring with crude graduations, raised on four baluster turned tapering columns with cruciform base
8½in. (21cm.) high
.jpg?maxwidth=3840)