Astrolabe Catalogue

 

Date ca. 1710
Maker Khalīl Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan ‘Alī
Place Iṣfahān
Material Brass
Acquisition Presented by J. A. Billmeir in 1957
Accession 1957-84/7

Provenance

Billmeir acquired it with the collection of Henri Michel, of Brussels, which he purchased about 1950. An inscription records that it was made during the reign of Shah Husain (1694-1722) for his vizier, Mirzā Muḥammad Ṭāhir.
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