Copper plated gold inlaid enamel gourd top fishing and woodcutter farming and reading clock

Copper plated gold inlaid enamel gourd top fishing and woodcutting reading clock, with a total height of 87 centimeters, a face width of 46 centimeters, and a thickness of 38 centimeters
This clock has four copper gilded goats as its feet, and its body is divided into three layers. The front of the ground floor has a built-in scene, with mountains, rocks, and trees as the background. Four types of characters are arranged, including fishermen, woodcutters, cultivators, and readers. On the left and right sides, there are water techniques symbolizing the river, with ducks enjoying themselves. The front of the middle layer is a 2-pin clock, and the radioactive halo around the dial is decorated with colored stones. The upper layer is a copper plated gold inlaid blue enamel gourd, and there are two movable doors in the red stone frame on the lower abdomen of the gourd. The word “Da Ji” is written on the door, and there is a group of rotating characters inside the door. The upper belly of the gourd is decorated with six different types of gold “Shou” characters and eight treasures
This clock has music and motion mechanisms on the bottom floor, and a timing device on the middle floor that can be activated separately. After the activity device is started, accompanied by music, the water on both sides of the bottom layer rotates like flowing water, and ducks swim in a circular motion. On the front, the fisherman waved his fishing rod up and down, the woodcutter carried firewood on his shoulder, the farmer helped the plow in and out of the cave entrance, and the official in the pavilion waved a fan. At the same time, the “Da Ji” door on the belly of the gourd bottle opens automatically, and the characters inside rotate
This clock uses springs, tower wheels, and chains as its power sources, making full use of the principle of mechanical linkage to coordinate the operation of various movable devices, indicating that the production of Guangzhou clocks has reached a high level.
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