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 viewClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
ProvenancePurchased by the MFA from E.S. David in 1942.
about 1475
mid-14th–mid-15th century
15th–early 16th century (?)
mid-14th century
early 18th century
Philippe de Lasalle
mid-late 18th century