Monumental Antique Islamic Ottoman Safavid Astrological Astrolabe on Stand 1720 Decorative Arts 75" wide X 11" tall

75" wide X 11" tall

The table is in excellent condition

The chairs having three backsplats and shaped arms

A very large pair of rare antique 19th century Indian polychromed & hand carved stone Dvarpala (temple door guard) statues

model number "596" and an impressed date cypher and decorator's mark

Monumental Antique Islamic Ottoman Safavid Astrological Astrolabe on Stand 1720 Decorative Arts 75" wide X 11" tallAn incredibly rare 18th Century monumental palace size Ottoman Islamic astrolabe on an easel stand, Turkey, circa 1720. This rare palace size Astrolabe on stand is in two sections, the top having a carved crest and a circular device inset with blue ceramic cabochons. The engraved mater having celestial and astrological symbols, to the center is the rete and rule, with four more retes to each corner. The easel form stand is finely and deeply carved