Antique Persian Qajar Period Arabic Islamic Celestial Brass Globe Astrolabe 1850 Sold A fine & rare antique

A fine & rare antique carved hall table

an almost identical tile in size and design is housed in the collection of the Pera Museum Istanbul Turkey

which has been exhibited individually at many museums around the world and in one-man shows twice at the U of O (February 5-March 23

at the end of a bed

Antique Persian Qajar Period Arabic Islamic Celestial Brass Globe Astrolabe 1850 Sold A fine & rare antiqueA very good antique 19th Century Islamic Persian Arabic brass celestial globe, astrolabe, circa 1850. This is a very attractive antique Islamic Qajar period brass Persian Arabic armillary (spherical astrolabe), celestial globe, circa 1850. The globe having a graduated ring engraved with Arabic Script (rather than Farsi, Persia being an Islamic country used Arabic for such items), the hollow sphere mounted on an axle & is ornately engraved with