Astrolabe Catalogue

 

Date 1682 (A.H. 1093)
Maker Qāsim ‘Alī Qā’inī
Place Persia
Material Brass
Acquisition Presented by J. A. Billmeir in 1957
Accession 1957-84/165

Provenance

Billmeir bought it at the auction sale of the Chadenat collection at the Hotel Drouot, Paris, on 24 May 1956. Charles Chadenat was a collector and dealer of Paris.
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