Fragments from a figurine belonging to the model of the 12 Zodiacal Dials (Rashivalaya Yantra)

PART OF:: Model

Made:: 1884-1886

Fragments from a figurine belonging to the model (scale 1:24) of the 12 Zodiacal Dials (Rashivalaya Yantra), part of the astronomical instruments (1728-1734) built at the Jaipur observatory in India, unsigned, 1884-1886

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Category:: Astronomy

Object Number:: 1887-2/2

type:: model

credit:: Colonial and Indian Exhibition (1886)

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Fragments from a figurine belonging to the model of the 12 Zodiacal Dials (Rashivalaya Yantra)

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