和時計 wadokei (lantern clock), unknown maker from Japan

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和時計 wadokei (lantern clock)
和時計 wadokei (lantern clock)
和時計 wadokei (lantern clock)
1790s, Edo period (1600–1868)
和時計 wadokei (lantern clock) , 1790s, Edo period (1600–1868)
Where object was made: Japan
Material/technique: brass
Dimensions:
Object Height (Height): 17.8 cm
Object Height (Height): 7 in
Credit line: The Doctor Maurice L. Jones Collection
Accession number: 1952.0049
Not on display
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The term “lantern clock” is an English corruption of the Latin term latten, a type of brass alloy used to make these types of early mechanical clocks. This example from Edo Japan features moveable toki, or traditional Japanese time measurements written in Chinese characters called kanji.

Exhibitions

Temporal Turn: Art and Speculation in Contemporary Asia
Kris Ercums, curator
2016–2017