Astrolabe Catalogue

 

Date 1687/8 (A.H. 1099)
Maker ‘Abdullah ibn Sāsī
Place Morocco
Material Brass
Acquisition Presented by Lewis Evans in 1924
Accession 1924-0/2020

Provenance

Evans bought it from Percy Webster, his main London dealer, in 1918. Webster had bought it through the Paris dealer Gélis.
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