Astrolabe Catalogue

 

Date early 18th century
Maker ‘Abd al-A’imma
Place Iṣfahān
Material Brass
Acquisition Presented by J. A. Billmeir in 1957
Accession 1957-84/169

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. It was at one time the property of Sayyid Bahadur Shāh, of Lahore.
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