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Augsburg or Nuremberg

Nocturnal astrolabe. Circa 1560

Gilt bronze; engraving, blackened. 11 x 8 cm (4 ⅜ x 3 ⅛ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Augsburg or Nuremberg. Nocturnal astrolabe. Circa 1560.

Estimate:

EUR 2,000

 

- 4,000

USD 2,720

 

- 5,440

Sold for:

8,750 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 215-221

ORANGERIE. Selected Objects, Thursday, 28.11.2013

Information

Gilt bronze; engraving, blackened. 11 x 8 cm (4 ⅜ x 3 ⅛ in.). Engraved on the front: RVCK DIE REGEL AUF DEN KOCHAB, mark of a circle of stars.

Comparable piece with the same form and similar decoration: nocturnal astrolabe, France, 1554; in the Museo Galileo. Institute and Museum of the History of Science, Florence, inv. no. 2501.

Art trade F.K.A. Huelsmann, Hamburg / private collection, Northern Germany

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