An attractive Japanese ‘Dai Dokei’ lantern clock with calendar and double foliot, circa 1700.

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An attractive Japanese ‘Dai Dokei’ lantern clock with calendar and double foliot, circa 1700.
Measurements
Height: 142 cm, Width: 14 cm, Depth: 14 cm
Reference
GUDA20043
Categories
Decorative Arts Clocks Japanese Clocks
Periods
17th Century Antique
Origins
Japan
Description

A Japanese Dai Dokei lantern clock, circa 1700, with calendar, alarm and double foliot for the unequal day and night hours of traditional Japanese timekeeping. The weight-driven iron movement has a two-day duration, verge escapement and countwheel striking on a bell. The lobed black-lacquered dial carries Japanese hour characters and a single brass hand making one revolution in 24 hours. The finely cast and chiselled brass case is decorated with stylised thistles, including the inner faces of the doors. On a later stand.

Height of clock: 39 cm; total height with stand: 142 cm. Width: 14 cm; depth: 14 cm.

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