Islamic Brass Celestial Globe
$2,250.00
Our client's vintage Islamic celestial globe astrolabe mounted on axle, decorated with bands, inscriptions (Farsi and/or Arabic) and animals, raised on four baluster shaped legs with secondary ring raised on bun feet. Approximately 7 by 7 3/4 by 9 1/4 inches.
This appears to be a vintage or antique copy of the original seemless globe designed and made in 1663 by Muhammad Saleh.
Muhammad Saleh of Thattvi (Thatta) was a Mughal astronomer, metallurgist, geometer and craftsman, was born and raised in Thatta, the Sindh province in Pakistan, during the reign of Shah Jahan and the governorship of the Mughal Nawab Mirza Ghazi Beg of Sindh. In 1559, Muhammad Saleh Thattvi led the project to create a massive, seamless celestial globe using a secret cire perdue method in the Mughal Empire. Twenty other such globes were produced in Lahore and Kashmir during the Mughal Empire, considered major feats in the history of metallurgy.
( armillary astrolabe )
