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18TH CENTURY ATLAS ARMILLARY
Non- Member Price : $550.00
Member Price : $495.00
This armillary dial depicts Atlas carrying the entire universe on his mighty shoulders. Intertwined silver rings symbolize the position and trajectories of heaveanly bodies around the earth. This graceful representation of Renaissance symbology combines science with art, myth with historic fact.

Sphere and figure are made of bronze, nickel and aluminum and sit on a base of solid marble. Atlas Armillary is 22 inches tall and 10 inches in diameter.

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Item Number: GL051

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