An Early Bronze Celestial Globe

late 17th/early 18th CENTURY
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  • The surface engraved with symbols, segmented areas, an equator and longitudinal lines.

  • Brown and black oxidation to surface, some pitting and dents.

  • In the Johannesburg collection of David Mokoena until 1977, later owned by Sofia Christou in Athens. Christou's estate liquidated the piece in 2002.

LOT 16

An Early Bronze Celestial Globe

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