AN ISLAMIC CELESTIAL GLOBE ASTROLOGY

PERIOD:
Unknown 
ORIGIN:
Middle Eastern  
DIMENSIONS:
Globe Diameter 15.5 Cm. 
Height stands 42.5 Cm.
DESCRIPTION:
The seamless cast sphere engraved with graduations of the ecliptic numbered in 30° intervals, every degree indicated by a solid line and every fifth degree by slivers dotted  line, the celestial equator divided by single degrees with every fifth indicated by a dotted line, five-degree intervals numbered continuously from the vernal equinox, engraved with a full set of constellation figures, lower parts of Centaurus and Argo now lacking, the globe set with about 1018 silver dots stars in different sizes corresponding to six magnitudes of stars, each constellation labelled and given a number within either the northern or southern constellation, major stars also named, zodiac names engraved along the ecliptic,
THE MATERIAL AND BUILD
It is a seamless hollow globe made of bronze with a visible diameter of 15 cm. 
The axis of the globe passes through the brass carved with the equator and rests on a ring supported by a quadruped stand chain clip and a single pole supported by affixed around a tray base form.
Footnote:
LITERATURE
This instrument was described for the first time in [Sarma, Ansari & Kurkarni. 1993], For a description of the maker’s life and a description of his other instruments see [Sarma, 2021] and [Savage-Smith, 1995]
S. R. Sarma, S. M. R. Ansari & A. G. Kulkarni, Two Mughal Celestial Globes, Indian Journal of History of Science 28 (1), 1993 [Contains a detailed description of our instrument]
S.R. Sarma, A Descriptive Catalogue of Astronomical Instruments
Emilie Savage-Smith. Islamicate Celestial Globes, Smithsonian Institutions Press, 1985.
Provenance:
Private Collections.
CERTIFICATE:
Comes with a certificate from the Art Loss Register