8th Nov, 2023 13:00
Indian, Islamic, South East Asian and Himalayan Works of Art
659
A CARVED AND ENGRAVED BLACK STONE ASTROLABE, NORTHERN INDIA, PROBABLY 17TH CENTURY
of circular form, with pointed handle at the top, engraved with astronomical and astrological markings on the front and circles and triangles on the reverse, the front with small drillings, 21cm max. height, mounted, 18.2cm diameter, 1.5cm deep
Provenance: From the collection of the late A.J. (John) Lippitt (1928-2019), Hampshire. Acquired Simon Ray Ltd., 2 July 2003, (a copy of the invoice is included with this lot). Previously in a British private collection since the 1980s.
This the body of the astrolabe and the drilled holes are for attachment of the calculation devices and rotating dials, known as retes, plates, and alidade. For a white marble astrolabe from Mughal India, in the Nasser D. Khalili Collection, see Maddison & Savage-Smith 1997, pp. 200-201
Sold for £1,700
of circular form, with pointed handle at the top, engraved with astronomical and astrological markings on the front and circles and triangles on the reverse, the front with small drillings, 21cm max. height, mounted, 18.2cm diameter, 1.5cm deep
Provenance: From the collection of the late A.J. (John) Lippitt (1928-2019), Hampshire. Acquired Simon Ray Ltd., 2 July 2003, (a copy of the invoice is included with this lot). Previously in a British private collection since the 1980s.
This the body of the astrolabe and the drilled holes are for attachment of the calculation devices and rotating dials, known as retes, plates, and alidade. For a white marble astrolabe from Mughal India, in the Nasser D. Khalili Collection, see Maddison & Savage-Smith 1997, pp. 200-201
Auction: Indian, Islamic, South East Asian and Himalayan Works of Art, 8th Nov, 2023
