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Copper copy of a Chinese scene, low relief, silhouette, Science Museum, South Kensington, London, England, 1965. It depicts a tree and a crane, it is linked with the Chinese water-clock because Su Sung (a Chinese engineer of water clocks) described the release chain of the water-balance escapement as " the crane-bird's knee".
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- Category:
- Time Measurement
- Object Number:
- 1965-6
- Materials:
- copper (alloy), metal (unknown) and plastic (unidentified)
- type:
- copy
- taxonomy:
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- visual and verbal communication
- sculpture
- relief
- credit:
- Science Museum
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