Category:Zimingzhong: Clockwork Treasures from China's Forbidden City
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Exhibition at the Science Museum, London from February to June 2024. "Zimingzhong" is translated as "bells that ring themselves" and the exhibition featured ornate clocks loaned from the Palace Museum, Beijing, many with intricate mechanisms that move or play music. Most were made in Britain and purchased by Chinese emperors in the 1700s. https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/what-was-on/zimingzhong
Media in category "Zimingzhong: Clockwork Treasures from China's Forbidden City"
The following 37 files are in this category, out of 37 total.
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Blue enamel zimingzhong, 1700s.jpg 1,904 × 3,385; 2.67 MB
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Elephant zimingzhong, 1700s (1).jpg 2,255 × 4,009; 3.24 MB
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Elephant zimingzhong, 1700s (2).jpg 2,054 × 3,651; 2.51 MB
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Elephant zimingzhong, 1700s (3).jpg 2,185 × 3,885; 2.84 MB
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European-style zimingzhong, 1700s (1).jpg 2,158 × 3,837; 3.72 MB
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European-style zimingzhong, 1700s (2).jpg 2,126 × 3,780; 3.3 MB
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European-style zimingzhong, 1700s.jpg 2,223 × 2,953; 2.81 MB
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Gilt-metal zimingzhong with elephant, 1750-95 (1).jpg 1,861 × 3,308; 2.82 MB
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Gilt-metal zimingzhong with elephant, 1750-95 (2).jpg 1,976 × 3,513; 2.82 MB
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Moving pagoda zimingzhong clock, 1700s (1).jpg 1,989 × 2,984; 2.23 MB
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Moving pagoda zimingzhong clock, 1700s (2).jpg 1,991 × 2,986; 2.47 MB
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Musical zimingzhong, possibly 1772 (1).jpg 2,101 × 3,735; 2.73 MB
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Musical zimingzhong, possibly 1772 (2).jpg 2,046 × 3,637; 2.37 MB
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Temple zimingzhong made by James Upjohn, 1760s (1).jpg 2,535 × 3,802; 4.24 MB
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Temple zimingzhong made by James Upjohn, 1760s (2).jpg 2,513 × 3,769; 4.35 MB
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Temple zimingzhong made by James Upjohn, 1760s (3).jpg 3,072 × 4,080; 4.52 MB
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The Music Lesson porcelain figure, c.1765.jpg 2,499 × 3,319; 2.79 MB
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Zimingzhong by three makers, 1780s (1).jpg 2,146 × 3,815; 3.04 MB
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Zimingzhong by three makers, 1780s (2).jpg 2,295 × 4,080; 3.15 MB
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Zimingzhong for an emperor, c.1770 (1).jpg 2,589 × 3,884; 3.53 MB
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Zimingzhong for an emperor, c.1770 (2).jpg 2,555 × 3,832; 2.95 MB
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Zimingzhong in the form of a pot of artificial flowers, 1769-90.jpg 1,989 × 2,983; 2.3 MB
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Zimingzhong with armillary sphere and original case, 1760-95.jpg 2,143 × 3,215; 2.28 MB
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Zimingzhong with bats, 1736-95.jpg 2,743 × 3,643; 3.3 MB
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Zimingzhong with British and Chinese mechanisms, early 1800s.jpg 2,766 × 3,673; 3.85 MB
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Zimingzhong with moving countryside scene, c.1770.jpg 2,039 × 3,058; 2.73 MB
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Zimingzhong with parts from China and Britain, 1700s.jpg 2,988 × 3,968; 3.2 MB
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Zimingzhong with print of the coronation of Louis XIV, c.1780 (1).jpg 2,574 × 3,861; 4 MB
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Zimingzhong with print of the coronation of Louis XIV, c.1780 (2).jpg 2,711 × 4,066; 4.02 MB
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Zimingzhong with rich decoration, 1736-95 (1).jpg 2,165 × 3,849; 4.11 MB
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Zimingzhong with rich decoration, 1736-95 (2).jpg 2,203 × 3,916; 3.97 MB
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Zimingzhong with shepherd scene, 1769-90.jpg 2,894 × 3,843; 4.31 MB
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Zimingzhong with turbaned figure, c.1770 (1).jpg 2,449 × 3,674; 3.06 MB
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Zimingzhong with turbaned figure, c.1770 (2).jpg 2,413 × 3,620; 3.33 MB
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Zimingzhong, 1736-95 (1).jpg 2,166 × 3,850; 3.43 MB
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Zimingzhong, 1736-95 (2).jpg 2,093 × 3,720; 3.38 MB
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Zimingzhong, 1736-95 (3).jpg 2,113 × 3,757; 3.49 MB