Monumental Antique Islamic Ottoman Safavid Astrological Astrolabe on Stand 1720 Decorative Arts The inkwell of cylindrical form

The inkwell of cylindrical form and having a shallow dome top cover with a tall knopped finial and inlaid with a twin band of scrolled silver

from a long established European family collection

Made from tortoise shell and having Rococo silver mounts

totally intact

Paris out of the total edition of 150 unnumbered proofs on Arches wove paper

Monumental Antique Islamic Ottoman Safavid Astrological Astrolabe on Stand 1720 Decorative Arts The inkwell of cylindrical formAn incredibly rare 18th Century monumental palace size Ottoman Islamic astrolabe on an easel stand, Turkey, circa 1720. This rare palace size Astrolabe on stand is in two sections, the top having a carved crest and a circular device inset with blue ceramic cabochons. The engraved mater having celestial and astrological symbols, to the center is the rete and rule, with four more retes to each corner. The easel form stand is finely and deeply carved