THE GREAT WAVE BY HOKUSAI & THE ASTROLABE combines two works of enormous importance. The depiction of The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Hokusai is printed continuously on the multi-coloured dial, case and strap, while the inside features an image of The Astrolabe, by Muhammad ibn Ahmad Al-Battûtî. The loop reads “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 Dhabi. Photo: © Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi / Photo Thierry Ollivier
THE GREAT WAVE BY HOKUSAI & THE ASTROLABE combines two works of enormous importance. The depiction of The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Hokusai is printed continuously on the multi-coloured dial, case and strap, while the inside features an image of The Astrolabe, by Muhammad ibn Ahmad Al-Battûtî. The loop reads “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 Dhabi. Photo: © Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi / Photo Thierry Ollivier