Clocks and watches of the Qing dynasty : from the collection in the Forbidden City = Qing gong zhong biao ji cui : Beijing gu gong zhen cang / [compiled by Liao Pin ; text by Lang Xiuhua and Qin Xiaopei].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English, Chinese Publisher: Beijing : Foreign Languages Press, 2002Edition: First editionDescription: 207 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 7119030507
  • 9787119030500
Other title:
  • Qing gong zhong biao ji cui : Beijing gu gong zhen cang
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Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room NK7495.E85 C55 2002 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000030474

English and Chinese.

31560000030474 11557

Descriptive catalog describing 154 historic timekeepers in the collection of the Palace Museum in Beijing China (Forbidden City), all described fully (bilingual chinese english) with color illustrations. Includes 22 pieces made in the imperial workshops in the forbidden cityand 28 other clocks made in China (mainly in Guangzhou), plus 100 western clocks or watches .mainly british clocks and some Swiss watches and French pieces.

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