THE GREAT WAVE BY HOKUSAI & ASTROLABE

THE GREAT WAVE OFF KANAGAWA BY KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI & THE ASTROLABE comprises two impressive works in one. Hokusai's The Great Wave Off Kanagawa print is printed on the colorful dial, case and strap, while Muhammad ibn Ahmad Al-Battûtî's The Astrolabe is depicted on the reverse. On the nipple is printed the phrase "LOUVRE ABU DHABI". KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI, Under the Wave off Kanagawa, from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji Japan, ca. 1830-1832, Louvre Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi. Photo: © Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi / Photo: Ismail Noor - Seeing Things MUHAMMAD IBN AHMAD AL-BATTÛTÎ, Astrolabe, Meknès (?), Morocco (?), North Africa, 1726-1727, Louvre Abu Dhabi, Abu Dubai. Photo: © Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi / Photo Thierry Ollivier