Lot Essay
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Derek Roberts, Mystery, Novelty and Fantasy Clocks, Schiffer, 1999, p.258, fig.22-35a; Sotheby's New York, The Joseph M. Meraux Collection of Rare and Unusual Clocks, 28 June 1993, lot 1; Liao Pin, Clocks and Watches of the Qing Dynasty, From the Collection in the Forbidden City, Foreign Language Press, 2002, p.188.
Derek Roberts, Mystery, Novelty and Fantasy Clocks, Schiffer, 1999, p.258, fig.22-35a; Sotheby's New York, The Joseph M. Meraux Collection of Rare and Unusual Clocks, 28 June 1993, lot 1; Liao Pin, Clocks and Watches of the Qing Dynasty, From the Collection in the Forbidden City, Foreign Language Press, 2002, p.188.