Emaljerad urtavla med sekundvisare, förgylld urtavla med fem fladdermöss och lyckotecken. Väl skulpterat träställ med låda som innehåller nyckeln. Höjd 50,5 cm. Bredd 34 cm. Djup 26,5 cm.
Slitage, träställ med limrester.
The Danish Diplomat and Counsul General for Denmark, Ove Christian Lunn (1873-1935), Lunn had a long diplomatic career and was posted 1910-1918 in Oslo, 1918-1924 in San Fransisco, 1924-28 in Melbourne, 1928-1935 in Shanghai. These items were aquired when posted in Shanghai, thence by descent within the family.
Compare a similar clock from the Collection of the British Museum, London 1958.1006.2059.
Chinas hidden century 1796-1912. Edited by Jessica Harrison-Hall, and Julia Lovell. See page 203 for a clock like. There is also an illustration of an interior with a beautiful courtesan with a clock like this on a table.
In the 18th century, foreign clocks came to Guangzhou and Beijing as tributes for the court or as high-quality trade goods, but the second half of the 19th century the demand seems to have increased for the Yang treasures.