Monumental Antique Islamic Ottoman Safavid Astrological Astrolabe on Stand 1720 Drawings & Prints from the private collection of

from the private collection of a lady

Antique Qajar Period Inlaid Padauk Wood Islamic Quran Casket/Box

The kovsh of traditional form with a hook shape handle

Below there are six doors which are finely inlaid with fruitwood and satinwood geometric and heraldic devices

Monumental Antique Islamic Ottoman Safavid Astrological Astrolabe on Stand 1720 Drawings & Prints from the private collection ofAn 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