LACMA

ShopMembershipMyLACMATickets
LACMA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
info@lacma.org
(323) 857-6000
Sign up to receive emails
Subscribe
© Museum Associates 2026
  • About LACMA
  • Jobs
  • Building LACMA
  • Host An Event
  • Unframed
  • Press
  • FAQs
  • Log in to MyLACMA
  • Privacy Policy
© Museum Associates 2026
Collections

Quadrantmid 19th century

Not on view
Quarter-circle navigational or astronomical instrument with terracotta-orange surface, engraved gold radiating lines, concentric arcs, and circular medallions along the left edge
Quarter-circle panel in orange-red with gilt borders, covered in a fine incised grid and radiating diagonal lines; the straight edges are decorated with a column of circular medallions bearing six-pointed star motifs, and the curved edge features a gilt foliate border.

Unknown, Quadrant, mid 19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Edwin Binney, 3rd, Collection of Turkish Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Quadrant
Place Made
Turkey
Date Made
mid 19th century
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on wood
Dimensions
6 5/16 x 7 1/8 in. (16 x 18.1 cm)
Credit Line
The Edwin Binney, 3rd, Collection of Turkish Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Accession Number
M.85.237.96
Classification
Wood
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic

Related Unframed

Related Unframed

Artists Represent Themselves: Frida Orupabo on “Untitled (sources unknown except Shadman Shahid [bottom left])”
Artists Represent Themselves: Frida Orupabo on “Untitled (sources unknown except Shadman Shahid [bottom left])”
  • July 8, 2025
  • Dhyandra Lawson, Frida Orupabo
Re-examining a Unique George Bellows Artwork (Part 2)
Re-examining a Unique George Bellows Artwork (Part 2)
  • December 3, 2019
  • Madison Brockman
New Acquisition: Bodhisattva Mahasthamaprapta
New Acquisition: Bodhisattva Mahasthamaprapta
  • April 25, 2018
  • Stephen Little
Gift of Gemini G.E.L. Prints to LACMA
Gift of Gemini G.E.L. Prints to LACMA
  • July 11, 2016
  • Leslie Jones, Naoko Takahatake
Mapping Devotion to Guadalupe
Mapping Devotion to Guadalupe
  • July 9, 2014
Conservation Pool Party: The Washing and Bleaching of a Robert Rauschenberg Print
Conservation Pool Party: The Washing and Bleaching of a Robert Rauschenberg Print
  • September 16, 2013
  • Jacklyn Chi