Automaton in the form of a chariot pushed by a Chinese attendant and set with a clock

Medium

Case: gold with diamonds and paste jewels set in silver, pearls; Dial: white enamel; Movement: partly gilded brass and steel, wheel balance and cock of silver set with paste jewels

Dimensions

Overall: 10 1/4 × 6 3/8 × 3 1/4 in. (26 × 16.2 × 8.3 cm)

Classification

Metalwork-Gold and Platinum

Culture

British, London

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982

Accession Number

1982.60.137

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