Early (1600-1700s) Carved Navigational Sextant Component with Angles and Monogram cantonese and terminates in points where

and terminates in points where it ends midway down the sides of the basket

this vase feels rather like a second generation AbEx painting

I believe

17 7/8" x 13 7/8" and in good condition

Most often with stone fruit is is the subtleties that get me--the veins and bruises and color variation--but in this case it is the completely iconic feeling of this big

Early (1600-1700s) Carved Navigational Sextant Component with Angles and Monogram cantonese and terminates in points whereI really love measuring tools of all sorts, and know there are a few of you out there who do, too and this is such an old one, I could not resist. I am quite sure it is a piece of a navigational instrument, and believe part of a sextant, used to measure the angle between an astronomical object and the horizon for the purposes of celestial navigation. (A moveable arm, probably made of brass, would have attached to the corner from the back.) Really rare