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拍品专文
Decorating and enamelling of a cylindrical surface is extremely difficult, an art mastered only by the best painters of the period and for which Geneva was foremost. The present telescope is a fine example of such highly decorated item made for the Ottoman palaces, notably during the reign of Sultan Abdülmecid (1839 - 1861). Its body depicts the coats of arms of the Sultan's military band, Mizika-yi Humayun, his Standard, Sancak-i Humayun, and his living quarters during military campaigns, Otag-i Humayun.
Abdülmecid I (Abdul Mejid I, Abd-ul-Mejid I or Abd Al-Majid I Ghazi), Constantinople 1823 - 1861, was the 31st Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1839 and 1861. Well educated, liberal minded, and the first sultan to speak French, Abdülmecid continued the reform program of his father, Mahmud II, restored Hagia Sophia, built the Dolmabahçe Palace and founded the first French theatre in Constantinople.
The telescope was one of the central instruments of what has been called the Scientific Revolution of the 17th century, revealing hitherto unsuspected phenomena in the heavens and the first extension of one of man's senses. The Dutch lensmaker Hans Lippershey is generally credited for having invented a device with three-times magnification. In 1609, Galileo Galilei heard about the "Dutch perspective glasses" and within days had designed one of his own without ever seeing one, followed by an eight-powered instrument which he presented to the Venetian Senate in August of the same year before turning a twenty-powered instrument to the heavens in October or November. With this instrument he observed the moon and discovered four satellites of Jupiter, among others. The telescope became the most famous scientific instrument of the time, an indispensable tool for scientists, later also combined with the decorative arts. By the 19th century, the telescope had become so popular that artists particularly in Geneva produced some of the most lavishly decorated scientific instruments ever made.
Abdülmecid I (Abdul Mejid I, Abd-ul-Mejid I or Abd Al-Majid I Ghazi), Constantinople 1823 - 1861, was the 31st Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1839 and 1861. Well educated, liberal minded, and the first sultan to speak French, Abdülmecid continued the reform program of his father, Mahmud II, restored Hagia Sophia, built the Dolmabahçe Palace and founded the first French theatre in Constantinople.
The telescope was one of the central instruments of what has been called the Scientific Revolution of the 17th century, revealing hitherto unsuspected phenomena in the heavens and the first extension of one of man's senses. The Dutch lensmaker Hans Lippershey is generally credited for having invented a device with three-times magnification. In 1609, Galileo Galilei heard about the "Dutch perspective glasses" and within days had designed one of his own without ever seeing one, followed by an eight-powered instrument which he presented to the Venetian Senate in August of the same year before turning a twenty-powered instrument to the heavens in October or November. With this instrument he observed the moon and discovered four satellites of Jupiter, among others. The telescope became the most famous scientific instrument of the time, an indispensable tool for scientists, later also combined with the decorative arts. By the 19th century, the telescope had become so popular that artists particularly in Geneva produced some of the most lavishly decorated scientific instruments ever made.