Antique Persian Islamic Arabic Brass Qibla Mecca Zodiac Compass Astrolabe 1880 Paintings Bunce joined the faculty of

Bunce joined the faculty of the Museum Art School in Portland

the Perlmutter sisters

by Georges Omerth

they are large and very heavy

orange glass shade raised on a hand-forged iron organic 'goose neck' base with an oval foot decorated with leaves and flowers

Antique Persian Islamic Arabic Brass Qibla Mecca Zodiac Compass Astrolabe 1880 Paintings Bunce joined the faculty ofA good antique 19th century Persian Islamic brass astrolabe compendium, circa 1880. This rare antique Islamic scientific instrument is made from engraved brass and is a compendium comprising an astrolabe, sundial and compass. The front is engraved with signs of the zodiac and degrees and Arabic calligraphy, the circular brass frame is in set with a compass and a hinged sundial gnomon shaped like a camel. Termed a Qibla, to find the sacred direction of