Antique Persian Islamic Arabic Brass Qibla Mecca Zodiac Compass Astrolabe 1880 Sculpture An outstanding rare antique 17th

An outstanding rare antique 17th century two drawer carved walnut refectory

Marcel Breuer embodied many of the School's distinctive concepts and was and one of the School's most famous students

the painting is housed in the original gilded Newcomb Macklin Impressionist frame

The cabinet had been part of the M

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Antique Persian Islamic Arabic Brass Qibla Mecca Zodiac Compass Astrolabe 1880 Sculpture An outstanding rare antique 17thA good antique 19th century Persian Islamic brass astrolabe compendium, circa 1880. This rare antique Islamic scientific instrument is made from engraved brass and is a compendium comprising an astrolabe, sundial and compass. The front is engraved with signs of the zodiac and degrees and Arabic calligraphy, the circular brass frame is in set with a compass and a hinged sundial gnomon shaped like a camel. Termed a Qibla, to find the sacred direction of