£1,000 - £1,500
TWO DECORATIVE ISLAMIC BRASS ASTROLABESPROBABLY INDIA AND NORTH AFRICA RESPECTIVELY, 20th CENTURYThe first in the Mughal style with inscription to the leafy scroll decorated crown and suspension ring, over womb containing four 'tympan' discs each variously delineated with projections to both sides, set behind a pierced rete with ecliptic ring and leafy scrolls incorporating multiple star pointers, the rear with alidade incorporating opposing pin-hole sights rotating against the dorsum engraved in the Lahore style with two quadrants, a shadow square and other annotations; the second of generic design with scroll engraved crown, womb with four discs and pierced rete, the rear variously engraved with concentric scales including animal representations of the Zodiac, with a pierced alidade, (pin and wedge lacking), (2).The first 21cm (8.25ins) high excluding suspension ring, 16.5cm (6.5ins) wide; the second 11.5cm (4.5ins) high excluding suspension ring, 8.7cm (2.875ins) wide.
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