Antique Persian Islamic Arabic Brass Qibla Mecca Zodiac Compass Astrolabe 1880 Drawings & Prints he also painted narrative compositions

he also painted narrative compositions in an academically classical style

An unusual cast iron gilded mirror with a winged cherub finial above a twin arched mirror

To the top are three drawers

National Museum of Poland

The table is of joined & pegged construction throughout

Antique Persian Islamic Arabic Brass Qibla Mecca Zodiac Compass Astrolabe 1880 Drawings & Prints he also painted narrative compositionsA 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