A 9-inch islamic celestial globe
POSSIBLY IRANIAN 18TH CENTURY
with constellations depicted by mythical beasts and figures, graduated equatorial and ecliptic, axis through the celestial poles signed and dated Haytham(?) al-isfahani 1187AH [=1773AD], once tinned over the brass sphere, with two meridian rings possbily associated.
9in. (23.5cm.) diam
A 9-inch islamic celestial globe
POSSIBLY IRANIAN 18TH CENTURY
with constellations depicted by mythical beasts and figures, graduated equatorial and ecliptic, axis through the celestial poles signed and dated Haytham(?) al-isfahani 1187AH [=1773AD], once tinned over the brass sphere, with two meridian rings possbily associated.
9in. (23.5cm.) diam
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