"Design for a Clock in the Form of an Elephant with an Indian Driver", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

Badi' al-Zaman ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari · dated 715 AH/1315 CE

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Artist: Badi' al-Zaman ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari
Date: dated 715 AH/1315 CE
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Badi' al-Zaman ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari, "Design for a Clock in the Form of an Elephant with an Indian Driver", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari, dated 715 AH/1315 CE. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/451300

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Badi' al-Zaman ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari, "Design for a Clock in the Form of an Elephant with an Indian Driver", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari. dated 715 AH/1315 CE. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/451300.

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"Design for a Clock in the Form of an Elephant with an Indian Driver", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari (Badi' al-Zaman ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari, dated 715 AH/1315 CE)

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