The motif is based on a map drawn by the historian Ibn al-Wardi who lived in the first half of the fifteenth century. Inspired by the theories of Ptolemy, the Greco-Egyptian astronomer and astrologist who lived in Alexandria at the beginning of the 2nd century AD and who is considered to be the father of geography.
The base of the dial is made of a 0.70 mm thick sodalite stone disk. The disk is then carved by hand and fitted with a mosaic of a papyrus, 0.25 mm thick. To finish, the dial is hand painted and coated with a thin layer lacquer to stabilize and protect the art work.
The result is a stunning miniature map!
Love this style, the color, the mystical interpretation of the World, the material…
Papyrus!
On the wrist an absolute pearl!
Best
Blomman