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Astrolabe

about 1625
Object PlacePersia
Medium/TechniqueBrass; pieces assembled
Dimensions9.8 x 16 cm (3 7/8 x 6 5/16 in.)
Credit LineJohn Wheelock Elliot and John Morse Elliot Fund
Accession number42.304
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
ProvenancePurchased by the MFA from E.S. David in 1942.
Restricted: For reference only
Abd al-A'imma
probably late 19th century
Restricted: For reference only
Jonathan Beyuka
1970s
Mosaic cuff bracelet
Angelita (Angie) Reano Owen
1995
Finial
mid-14th–mid-15th century
Candlestick
15th–early 16th century (?)
Box
mid-14th century