Japanese Ebonized Cased Lantern Clock with Gourd-Form Weight

Japanese Ebonized Cased Lantern Clock with Gourd-Form Weight

Estimate:
[restrict paid=ture]$6,000 – $8,000[/restrict]
Auctioneer:
[restrict paid=ture]Hindman[/restrict]
Sold Price:
[restrict paid=ture]$900[/restrict]
Sold Date:
[restrict paid=ture]Sep 24, 2021[/restrict]

A Japanese Ebonized Cased Lantern Clock with Gourd-Form Weight
MEIJI PERIOD (1868-1912)
日本明治時期 瑞獅轉睛葫蘆擺車棚式挂鈡
the case carved of domed form, supported above four rounded gilt lacquered feet. The dial enameled with Roman hours, set within a painted ground, the top section detailed with an immortal figure beside a leashed lion, the eye moving with automaton function, and having a large gourd-form weight.

日本開埠后民族工業迅速發展,西風東漸,鐘錶行業也受到影響,這件挂鐘就體現了這種碰撞。經典的車棚式木樓下,輪擺設計成吉祥的葫蘆形,白琺琅錶盤上嵌入一顆靈活的獅子頭,上弦后,一雙烏目滴溜溜亂轉,非常趣致。
Height 14 x width 10 x depth 8 in., 35.6 x 25.4 x 20.3 cm.
Property from the Halim Time & Glass Museum, Evanston, Illinois