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"The Elephant Clock", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art

"The Elephant Clock", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

Badi' al-Zaman ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari|Farrukh ibn `Abd al-Latif

Date
dated A.H. 715/1315 CE
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions
H. 11 13/16 in. (30 cm) W. 7 3/4 in. (19.7cm) Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm) W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm) Frame: H. 20 1/4 in. (51.4 cm) W. 15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm)
Object type
Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Classification
Codices
Country
probably Syria or Iraq
Object number
57.51.23
Credit line
Bequest of Cora Timken Burnett, 1956
Original Met record Wikidata Artist authority

Artist information

Northern Mesopotamia 1136–1206 Northern Mesopotamia|

Subjects and terms

  • Birds
  • Men
  • Dragons
  • Elephants
  • Clocks

The Met object ID 451402. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.